Plant trait data have been used in various studies related to ecosystem functioning,
community ecology, and assessment of ecosystem services. Evidences are that plant …

Aim Earth observation (EO) products are a valuable alternative to spectral vegetation
indices. We discuss the availability of EO products for analysing patterns in macroecology …

Remote sensing has gained much attention for agronomic applications such as crop
management or yield estimation. Crop phenotyping under field conditions has recently …

In addition to single-angle reflectance data, multi-angular observations can be used as an
additional information source for the retrieval of properties of an observed target surface. In …

Terrestrial lidar (TLiDAR) has been used increasingly over recent years to assess tree
architecture and to extract metrics of forest canopies. Analysis of TLiDAR data remains a …

Human and natural forces are rapidly modifying the global distribution and structure of
terrestrial ecosystems on which all of life depends, altering the global carbon cycle, affecting …

Abiotic ecosystem properties together with plant species interaction create differences in
structural and physiological traits among plant species. Certain plant traits cause a spatial …

Leaf angle distribution is a key parameter to characterize canopy structure and plays a
crucial role in controlling energy and mass balance in soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer …

Passive optical multiangle observations make possible the retrieval of scene structural
characteristics that cannot be obtained with, or require fewer underlying assumptions than …

A detailed 3D structural model of a conifer forest canopy was developed in order to simulate
the reflectance (optical) and backscatter (microwave) signals measured remotely. We show …