Estimation of Forest Structure and Fuel Change Across Mountain Pine Beetle – Attacked Forests Using Mobile and RPAS – Based LiDAR

The recent mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak has resulted in widespread mortality of pine trees across western Canada over the past two decades. The changes to forest structure caused by the beetle are well known through ground-based observations. However, the potential changes...

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Published in:	Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
Main Authors:	Evan C. Gerbrecht, Nicholas C. Coops, Allan L. Carroll, Christopher W. Bater, Leonard Buechner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2025.2505418

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