Fig. 5: Forest disturbances and their impacts on structural features, highlighting the application of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS).
From: Expanding forest research with terrestrial LiDAR technology
TLS enables detailed assessment of vertical structural changes caused by logging (top left), volumetric changes in ground vegetation following fire events (top right), as well as shifts in phenological and structural diversity arising from edge effects in fragmented forests (bottom). These examples illustrate the capability of TLS to quantify changes in forest ecosystems with high precision, offering deeper insights into the impacts of disturbances across different spatial and temporal scales.
