Table of Contents

1. Introduction to forest applications of airborne laser scanning; Jari Vauhkonen et al.- PART I – Methodological issues.- 2. Laser pulse interaction with forest canopy – geometric and radiometric issues; Andreas Roncat et al.- 3. Full-waveform airborne laser scanning systems and their possibilities in forest applications; Markus Hollaus et al.- 4. Integrating airborne laser scanning with data from global navigation satellite systems and optical sensors; Rubén Valbuena.- 5. Segmentation of forest to tree objects; Barbara Koch et al.- 6. The semi-individual tree crown approach; Johannes Breidenbach, Rasmus Astrup.- 7. Tree species recognition based on airborne laser scanning and complementary data sources; Jari Vauhkonen et al.- 8. Estimation of biomass components by airborne laser scanning; Sorin C. Popescu, Marius Hauglin.- 9. Predicting tree diameter distributions; Matti Maltamo, Terje Gobakken.- 10. A model-based approach for the recovery of forest attributes using airborne laser scanning data; Lauri Mehtätalo et al.- PART II – Forest inventory applications.- 11. Area-based inventory in Norway - from innovation to an operational reality; Erik Næsset.- 12. Species specific management inventory in Finland; Matti Maltamo, Petteri Packalen.- 13. Inventory of forest plantations; Jari Vauhkonen et al.- 14. Using airborne laser scanning data to support forest sample surveys; Ronald E. McRoberts et al.- 15. Modeling and estimating change; Ronald E. McRoberts et al.- 16. Valuation of airborne laser scanning based forest information; Annika Kangas et al.- PART III – Ecological applications.- 17. Assessing habitats and organism-habitat relationships by airborne laser scanning; Ross A. Hill et al.- 18. Assessing biodiversity by airborne laser scanning; Jörg Müller, Kerri Vierling.- 19. Assessing deadwood by airborne laser scanning; Matti Maltamo et al.- 20. Estimation of canopy cover, gap fraction and leaf area index with airborne laser scanning; Lauri Korhonen, Felix Morsdorf.- 21. Canopy gap detection and analysis with airborne laser scanning; Benoît St-Onge et al.- 22. Applications of airborne laser scanning in forest fuel assessment and fire prevention; John Gajardo et al.- Index.