openalexEcological Indicators2026-07-24
A remote sensing-based tree mortality indicator for biodiversity monitoring using multispectral UAV and lidar in the Arctic region, Finland
Katalin Waga, Jaan Rönkkö, Mikko Kukkonen, Anton Kuzmin, Timo Kumpula, Parvez Rana
Deadwood is a recognised ecological indicator for forest biodiversity. Both the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 mandates inventorying and reporting deadwood. However, monitoring tree mortality, the source of deadwood, remains challengin…