Can terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) and hemispherical photographs predict tropical dry forest succession with liana abundance?

This research paper evaluates the effectiveness of combining terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) and hemispherical photographs (HPs) to characterize forest structure in tropical dry forests (TDFs) across different successional stages and levels of liana abundance.

• Terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) and hemispherical photographs (HPs) are capable of predicting differences in forest structure across various successional stages, but the ability to distinguish these differences diminishes as the abundance of lianas increases.
• In the tropical dry forests of Costa Rica, the predictive biases observed when liana abundance is high are interpreted as structural effects caused by the presence of lianas.
• The study utilized a terrestrial laser scanner called VEGNET and hemispherical photographs across 28 plots in secondary forests to analyze how liana abundance—which is noted as a potential fingerprint of global environmental and climate change—affects the prediction of forest structure.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Can terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) and hemispherical photographs predict tropical dry forest succession with liana abundance? https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/can-terrestrial-laser-scanners-tlss-and-hemispherical-photographs-predict-tropical-dry-forest-succession-with-liana-abundance/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Can terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) and hemispherical photographs predict tropical dry forest succession with liana abundance? 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/can-terrestrial-laser-scanners-tlss-and-hemispherical-photographs-predict-tropical-dry-forest-succession-with-liana-abundance/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025can, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Can terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) and hemispherical photographs predict tropical dry forest succession with liana abundance?}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/can-terrestrial-laser-scanners-tlss-and-hemispherical-photographs-predict-tropical-dry-forest-succession-with-liana-abundance/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }