Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of
forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level …

Changing climates are altering the structural and functional components of forest
ecosystems at an unprecedented rate. Simultaneously, we are seeing a diversification of …

In the face of the growing challenges brought about by human activities, effective planning
and decision-making in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, restoration, and …

Accurate individual tree crown (ITC) segmentation from scanned point clouds is a
fundamental task in forest biomass monitoring and forest ecology management. Light …

With the rapid expansion in the number of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) available and
the development of modern technologies, the commercial applications of UAVs in urban …

The advent of lidar has revolutionized the way we observe and measure vegetation structure
from the ground and from above and represents a major advance toward the quantification …

Remote sensing of vegetation phenology has long been used to characterize ecosystem
functions and responses to climate at spatial and temporal scales unfeasible to field surveys …

Forestry inventory update is a critical component of sustainable forest management,
requiring both the spatially explicit identification of forest cover change and integration of …

Satellites have shown free-space quantum-communication ability; however, they are orbit-
limited from full-time all-location coverage. Meanwhile, practical quantum networks require …

Due to recent advancements in quantum drones, the Internet of Quantum Drones (IoQDs),
and Drone-to-Satellite connectivity, several advantages have been anticipated for real-time …