TY - BOOK ID - 707094 TI - Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning : Concepts and Case Studies AU - Maltamo, Matti. AU - Næsset, Erik. AU - Vauhkonen, Jari. PY - 2014 SN - 9401786631 9401786623 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Forests and forestry KW - Lasers in forestry. KW - Forest management. KW - Forest surveys KW - Remote sensing. KW - Methodology. KW - Forest inventories KW - Forest surveying KW - Natural resources surveys KW - Vegetation surveys KW - Forest administration KW - Forest plants KW - Forest resource administration KW - Forest resource management KW - Forest stewardship KW - Forest vegetation management KW - Forestry management KW - Stewardship, Forest KW - Vegetation management, Forest KW - Ecosystem management KW - Natural resources KW - Surveying KW - Management KW - Administration KW - Control KW - Equipment and supplies KW - Forests and forestry. KW - Environmental sciences. KW - Forestry. KW - Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. KW - Environment, general. KW - Environmental science KW - Science KW - Forest land KW - Forest lands KW - Forest planting KW - Forest production KW - Forest sciences KW - Forestation KW - Forested lands KW - Forestland KW - Forestlands KW - Forestry KW - Forestry industry KW - Forestry sciences KW - Land, Forest KW - Lands, Forest KW - Silviculture KW - Sylviculture KW - Woodlands KW - Woods (Forests) KW - Agriculture KW - Afforestation KW - Arboriculture KW - Logging KW - Timber KW - Tree crops KW - Trees KW - Environment. KW - Remote-sensing imagery KW - Remote sensing systems KW - Remote terrain sensing KW - Sensing, Remote KW - Terrain sensing, Remote KW - Aerial photogrammetry KW - Aerospace telemetry KW - Detectors KW - Space optics KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:707094 AB - Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has emerged as one of the most promising remote sensing technologies to provide data for research and operational applications in a wide range of disciplines related to management of forest ecosystems. This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the research and application of ALS in a broad range of forest-related disciplines. However, this book is more than just a collection of individual contributions – it consists of a well-composed blend of chapters dealing with fundamental methodological issues and contributions reviewing and illustrating the use of ALS within various domains of application. The main aim of this book is to provide the scientific and technical background of ALS with a particular focus on applicability in operational forestry. Most of the chapters are devoted to applications in forest inventory and forest ecology such as forest management inventory and assessments of canopy cover, habitats and organism-habitat relationships. Many of the chapters focus on boreal forests simply because methods were initially developed for boreal conditions. However, examples show the most common applications of ALS at various geographical scales; from individual trees, to forest stands, regions and nations. The reviews provide a comprehensive and unique overview of recent research and applications that researchers, students and practitioners of forest remote sensing and forest ecosystem assessment should consider as a useful reference text. ER -