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 dead wood 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
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