Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is providing exciting new ways to quantify tree and forest
structure, particularly above-ground biomass (AGB). We show how TLS can address some …

The long‐standing view that biomass growth in trees typically follows a rise‐and‐fall
unimodal pattern has been challenged by studies concluding that biomass growth increases …

Forest disturbances that lead to the replacement of whole tree stands are a cornerstone of
forest dynamics, with drivers that include fire, windthrow, biotic outbreaks and harvest. The …

Accurately monitoring tropical forest carbon stocks is a challenge that remains outstanding.
Allometric models that consider tree diameter, height and wood density as predictors are …

Amazon forests account for~ 25% of global land biomass and tropical tree species. In these
forests, windthrows (ie, snapped and uprooted trees) are a major natural disturbance, but …

Management of tropical forest in the form of timber harvesting is a viable alternative to
deforestation in Amazonia. Nevertheless, a significant challenge for timber management in …

Due to the high cost of traditional forest plot measurements, the availability of up-to-date in
situ forest inventory data has been a bottleneck for remote sensing image analysis in …

Tropical second‐growth forests could help mitigate climate change, but the degree to which
their carbon potential is achieved will depend on exposure to disturbance. Wind disturbance …

Tropical tree species span a range of life‐history strategies within a fast–slow continuum.
The position of a species within this continuum is thought to reflect a negative relationship …

Tree allometric models are generally developed at local scales and thus potentially biased
when used for different locations and at broader spatial scales. Because allometric …