Measurement and Modeling of Forest Vegetation Structures with Remote Sensing Technology
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 662
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest vegetation structure; remote sensing; LiDAR; forest management; forest ecology; tree size distribution; biodiversity
Interests: tree demography; stand dynamics; forest simulation modelling; global change; forest distributions; carbon sequestration; LiDAR
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Dear Colleagues,
Forest vegetation structures are one of the key drivers that sustain ecosystem functions and biodiversity. The use of remote sensing technology with multi-sensors (e.g., LiDAR, radar, multispectral, and hyperspectral imagery) on multiple platforms (e.g., UAV-borne, airborne, and spaceborne) to evaluate forest vegetation structures and monitor their dynamics has become a trending research topic. Compared to traditional field forest inventories, remote sensing has an unsurpassed capability to observe forest resources in fine/large scales across space and time. Accurate, timely, and effective measurement and modeling of forest vegetation structures through multi-source remote sensing data benefits ecologists, forest science experts, and foresters by providing a comprehensive understanding of forest ecosystem services and assisting in efficient forest management decisions. It also helps address forest and biodiversity loss in the context of climate change and human activities.
With this Special Issue, we promote knowledge and strategies for measuring and modeling forest vegetation structures using remote sensing technology. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to, forest structure, vegetation functional diversity, forest dynamics, forest growth and productivity, forest management and decision, and forest disturbance.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zhengnan Zhang
Dr. Mark Vanderwel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest vegetation structure
- vegetation functional diversity
- remote sensing
- forest management and decision
- forest structure dynamic monitoring
- forest disturbance
- climate change and human activities
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