The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

Tropical forests exchange more carbon dioxide (CO 2) with the atmosphere than any other
vegetation type and, thus, form a crucial component of the global carbon cycle. However, the …

Aim To examine the contribution of large‐diameter trees to biomass, stand structure, and
species richness across forest biomes. Location Global. Time period Early 21st century …

Recent debates on the number of plant species in the vast lowland rain forests of the
Amazon have been based largely on model estimates, neglecting published checklists …

Remote sensing is revolutionizing the way we study forests, and recent technological
advances mean we are now able–for the first time–to identify and measure the crown …

The responses of tropical forests to environmental change are critical uncertainties in
predicting the future impacts of climate change. The positive phase of the 2015–2016 El …

Abstract Large‐diameter, tall‐stature, and big‐crown trees are the main stand structures of
forests, generally contributing a large fraction of aboveground biomass, and hence play an …

LiDAR individual tree detection (ITD) is a promising tool for measuring forests at a scale that
is meaningful ecologically and useful for forest managers. However, most ITD research …

Remote sensing (RS) studies aiming at mapping forest biomass typically rely on ground-
based estimates of biomass for calibration or validation. Whatever the biophysical variable …

Tropical forest canopies are comprised of tree crowns of multiple species varying in shape
and height, and ground inventories do not usually reliably describe their structure. Airborne …