Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning

1. Introduction to forest applications of airborne laser scanning; Jari Vauhkonen et al. - PART I Methodological issues. - 2. Laser pulse interaction with forest canopy geometric and radiometric issues; Andreas Roncat et al. - 3. Full-waveform airborne laser scanning systems and their possibilities in forest applications; Markus Hollaus et al. - 4. Integrating airborne laser scanning with data from global navigation satellite systems and optical sensors; Rubén Valbuena. - 5. Segmentation of forest to tree objects; Barbara Koch et al. - 6. The semi-individual tree crown approach; Johannes Breidenbach, Rasmus Astrup. - 7. Tree species recognition based on airborne laser scanning and complementary data sources; Jari Vauhkonen et al. - 8. Estimation of biomass components by airborne laser scanning; Sorin C. Popescu, Marius Hauglin. - 9. Predicting tree diameter distributions; Matti Maltamo, Terje Gobakken. - 10. A model-based approach for the recovery of forest attributes using airborne laser scanning data; Lauri Mehtätalo et al. - PART II Forest inventory applications. - 11. Area-based inventory in Norway - from innovation to an operational reality; Erik Næsset. - 12. Species specific management inventory in Finland; Matti Maltamo, Petteri Packalen. - 13. Inventory of forest plantations; Jari Vauhkonen et al. - 14. Using airborne laser scanning data to support forest sample surveys; Ronald E. McRoberts et al. - 15. Modeling and estimating change; Ronald E. McRoberts et al. - 16. Valuation of airborne laser scanning based forest information; Annika Kangas et al. - PART III Ecological applications. - 17. Assessing habitats and organism-habitat relationships by airborne laser scanning; Ross A. Hill et al. - 18. Assessing biodiversity by airborne laser scanning; Jörg Müller, Kerri Vierling. - 19. Assessing deadwood by airborne laser scanning; Matti Maltamo et al. - 20. Estimation of canopy cover, gap fraction and leaf area index with airborne laser scanning; Lauri Korhonen, Felix Morsdorf. - 21. Canopy gap detection and analysis with airborne laser scanning; Benoît St-Onge et al. - 22. Applications of airborne laser scanning in forest fuel assessment and fire prevention; John Gajardo et al. - Index.