Airborne LiDAR Detects Selectively Logged Tropical Forest Even in an Advanced Stage of Recovery

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We use LiDAR data from ca. 16 km2 of forest in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to discriminate areas of old-growth from areas recovering from selective logging for 23 years.

Kent, R.; Lindsell, J.A.; Laurin, G.V.; Valentini, R.; Coomes, D.A.
2015
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