Detecting successional changes in tropical forest structure using GatorEye drone‐borne lidar

Danilo Roberti Alves Almeida; Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano; Eben North Broadbent; Amanda L Wendt; Paul Foster; Benjamin E Wilkinson; Carl Salk; Daniel de Almeida Papa; Scott Christopher Stark; Ruben Valbuena; Eric Bastos Gorgens; Carlos Alberto Silva; Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion; Matthew Fagan; Paula Meli; Robin Chazdon

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Detecting successional changes in tropical forest structure using GatorEye drone‐borne lidar

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Detecting successional changes in tropical forest structure using GatorEye drone‐borne lidar

Danilo Roberti Alves Almeida, Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano, Eben North Broadbent, Amanda L Wendt, Paul Foster, Benjamin E Wilkinson, Carl Salk, Daniel de Almeida Papa, Scott Christopher Stark, Ruben Valbuena, …

Biotropica, Vol.52, pp.1156-1168

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12814

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Abstract

aboveground biomass

Costa Rica

forest landscape restoration

forest structure

Leaf Area Density

Leaf Area Index

second‐growth forest

unmanned aerial vehicle

Drone-based remote sensing is a promising new technology that combines the benefits of ground-based and satellite-derived forest monitoring by collecting fine-scale data over relatively large areas in a cost-effective manner. Here, we explore the potential of the GatorEye drone-lidar system to monitor tropical forest succession by canopy structural attributes including canopy height, spatial heterogeneity, gap fraction, leaf area density (LAD) vertical distribution, canopy Shannon index (an index of LAD), leaf area index (LAI), and understory LAI. We focus on these variables' relationship to

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Title: Detecting successional changes in tropical forest structure using GatorEye drone‐borne lidar
Authors: Danilo Roberti Alves Almeida (Corresponding Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano (Author) - University of Florida
Eben North Broadbent (Author) - University of Florida
Amanda L Wendt (Author) - Earth University
Paul Foster (Author) - Reserva Ecologica Bijagual
Benjamin E Wilkinson (Author) - University of Florida
Carl Salk (Author) - University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden
Daniel de Almeida Papa (Author) - Embrapa Acre Rio Branco Brazil
Scott Christopher Stark (Author) - Michigan State University
Ruben Valbuena (Author) - Bangor University
Eric Bastos Gorgens (Author) - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Carlos Alberto Silva (Author) - University of Maryland, College Park
Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion (Author) - University of Sao Paulo
Matthew Fagan (Author) - University of Maryland, College Park
Paula Meli (Author) - Universidad de La Frontera
Robin Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests & People Research Centre
Publication details: Biotropica, Vol.52, pp.1156-1168
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12814
ISSN: 1744-7429
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests & People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99482303702621
Output Type: Journal article

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