Tracking the rates and mechanisms of canopy damage and recovery following Hurricane Maria using multitemporal lidar data
V. Leitold, D. C. Morton, S. Martinuzzi, I. Paynter, M. Uriarte, M. Keller, A. Ferraz, B. D. Cook, L. A. Corp, G. Gonzalez
This study quantifies forest damage and recovery after Hurricane Maria using lidar data, finding widespread canopy loss and heterogeneous regrowth patterns.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2021Ecology