Airborne LiDAR Intensity Correction Based on a New Method for Incidence Angle Correction for Improving Land-Cover Classification (open access)

Airborne LiDAR Intensity Correction Based on a New Method for Incidence Angle Correction for Improving Land-Cover Classification

This article considers positional shift and rotation angle deviation of the laser scanner and the inertial measurement unit (IMU) and presents a new method for calculating the incident angle based on the rigorous geometric measurement model for airborne light detection and range (LiDAR).
Date: February 1, 2021
Creator: Wu, Qiong; Zhong, Ruofei; Dong, Pinliang; Mo, You & Jin, Yunxiang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multi-scale biodiversity drives temporal variability in macrosystems (open access)

Multi-scale biodiversity drives temporal variability in macrosystems

Article using decadal datasets that span aquatic and terrestrial macrosystems and structural equation modeling to show that local temporal variability and spatial synchrony increase temporal variability for entire macrosystems. This analysis is among the first to provide a quantitative argument for the value of regional species diversity.
Date: February 1, 2021
Creator: Patrick, Christopher J.; McCluney, Kevin E.; Ruhi, Albert; Gregory, Andrew; Sabo, John & Thorp, James H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toward Best Management Practices for Ecological Corridors (open access)

Toward Best Management Practices for Ecological Corridors

This article summarizes the best available information about managing ecological corridor systems. The aim with is to provide managers with a convenient guidance document and tool to assist in applying scientific management principles to management of corridors. It does not cover issues related to corridor design or political buy in, but focuses on how a corridor should be managed once it has been established.
Date: February 1, 2021
Creator: Gregory, Andrew; Spence, Emma; Beier, Paul & Garding, Emily
System: The UNT Digital Library