Quantifying the Earth’s forest above-ground biomass (AGB) is indispensable for effective climate action and developing forest policy. Yet, current allometric scaling models (ASMs) to estimate AGB suffer several...
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Reconstructing trees from terrestrial laser scans
A new algorithm supports the detailed reconstruction of a variety of trees from a small amount of input data.
Rachel Shekar
From branches to entire trees and forests: a new laser scanning-based model improves estimations
New laser technology can measure faster and more accurately.
Juniper Kiss
Shoot-based model and laser scanner data to study crown development
Functional–structural plant models (FSPMs) allow simulation of tree crown development as the sum of modular (e.g. shoot-level) responses triggered by the local environmental conditions. The actual process of space...
Alex Assiry
Tree crown architecture and ice accretion
Despite a longstanding interest in tree species’ vulnerability to ice storms, analyses of the influence of crown structure on within-crown variation in ice accretion are rare. Nock et al. test the hypothesis that intra...
