This paper presents a method to reconstruct 3-D models of trees from terrestrial laser scan(TLS)point clouds.This method uses the weighted locally optimal projection(WLOP)and the AdTree method to reconstruct detailed ...This paper presents a method to reconstruct 3-D models of trees from terrestrial laser scan(TLS)point clouds.This method uses the weighted locally optimal projection(WLOP)and the AdTree method to reconstruct detailed 3-D tree models.To improve its representation accuracy,the WLOP algorithm is introduced to consolidate the point cloud.Its reconstruction accuracy is tested using a dataset of ten trees,and the one-sided Hausdorff distances between the input point clouds and the resulting 3-D models are measured.The experimental results show that the optimal projection modeling method has an average one-sided Hausdorff distance(mean)lower by 30.74%and 6.43%compared with AdTree and AdQSM methods,respectively.Furthermore,it has an average one-sided Hausdorff distance(RMS)lower by 29.95%and 12.28%compared with AdTree and AdQSM methods.Results show that the 3-D model generated fits closely to the input point cloud data and ensures a high geometrical accuracy.展开更多
Data selection and methods for fitting coefficients were considered to test the self-thinning law. TheChinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) in even-aged pure stands with 26 years of observation data were applied tofit...Data selection and methods for fitting coefficients were considered to test the self-thinning law. TheChinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) in even-aged pure stands with 26 years of observation data were applied tofit Reineke's (1933) empirically derived stand density rule (No∝d^-1.605, N = numbers of stems, d= mean diameter),Yoda's (1963) self-thinning law based on Euclidian geometry (v ∝ N^-3/2, v= tree volume), and West, Brown andEnquist's (1997, 1999)(WBE) fractal geometry (w ∝ d^-8/3). OLS, RMA and SFF algorithms provided observedself-thinning exponents with the seven mortality rate intervals (2%--80%, 5%--80%, 10%- 80%, 15%--80%,20%- 80%, 25%--80% and 30%- 80%), which were tested against the exponents, and expected by the rules con-sidered. Hope for a consistent allometry law that ignores species-specific morphologic allometric and scale differ-ences faded. Exponents a of N ∝ d^α, were significantly different from -1.605 and -2, not expected by Euclidianfractal geometry;exponents β of w ∝ N^β varied around Yoda's self-thinning slope - 3/2, but was significantly differentfrom - 4/3;exponent Y of w ∝ d^γ tended to neither 8/3 nor 3.展开更多
The alpine treeline ecotone is defined as a forest-grassland or forest-tundra transition boundary either between subalpine forest and treeless grassland,or between subalpine forest and treeless tundra.The alpine treel...The alpine treeline ecotone is defined as a forest-grassland or forest-tundra transition boundary either between subalpine forest and treeless grassland,or between subalpine forest and treeless tundra.The alpine treeline ecotone serves irreplaceable ecological functions and provides various ecosystem services.There are three lines associated with the alpine treeline ecotone,the tree species line(i.e.,the highest elevational limit of individual tree establishment and growth),the treeline(i.e.,the transition line between tree islands and isolated individual trees)and the timber line(i.e.,the upper boundary of the closed subalpine forest).The alpine treeline ecotone is the belt region between the tree species line and the timber line of the closed forest.The treeline is very sensitive to climate change and is often used as an indicator for the response of vegetation to global warming.However,there is currently no comprehensive review in the field of alpine treeline advance under global warming.Therefore,this review summarizes the literature and discusses the theoretical bases and challenges in the study of alpine treeline dynamics from the following four aspects:(1)Ecological functions and issues of treeline dynamics;(2)Methodology for monitoring treeline dynamics;(3)Treeline shifts in different climate zones;(4)Driving factors for treeline upward shifting.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42271343,42177387)the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Information and Image Analysis Technology of Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology under(No.6142A010403)
文摘This paper presents a method to reconstruct 3-D models of trees from terrestrial laser scan(TLS)point clouds.This method uses the weighted locally optimal projection(WLOP)and the AdTree method to reconstruct detailed 3-D tree models.To improve its representation accuracy,the WLOP algorithm is introduced to consolidate the point cloud.Its reconstruction accuracy is tested using a dataset of ten trees,and the one-sided Hausdorff distances between the input point clouds and the resulting 3-D models are measured.The experimental results show that the optimal projection modeling method has an average one-sided Hausdorff distance(mean)lower by 30.74%and 6.43%compared with AdTree and AdQSM methods,respectively.Furthermore,it has an average one-sided Hausdorff distance(RMS)lower by 29.95%and 12.28%compared with AdTree and AdQSM methods.Results show that the 3-D model generated fits closely to the input point cloud data and ensures a high geometrical accuracy.
基金The 12th and 13th Five-Year Plan of the National Scientific and Technological Support Projects(2015BAD09B01,2016YFD0600302)Jiangxi Scientific and Technological innovation plan(201702)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31570619,31370629)
文摘Data selection and methods for fitting coefficients were considered to test the self-thinning law. TheChinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) in even-aged pure stands with 26 years of observation data were applied tofit Reineke's (1933) empirically derived stand density rule (No∝d^-1.605, N = numbers of stems, d= mean diameter),Yoda's (1963) self-thinning law based on Euclidian geometry (v ∝ N^-3/2, v= tree volume), and West, Brown andEnquist's (1997, 1999)(WBE) fractal geometry (w ∝ d^-8/3). OLS, RMA and SFF algorithms provided observedself-thinning exponents with the seven mortality rate intervals (2%--80%, 5%--80%, 10%- 80%, 15%--80%,20%- 80%, 25%--80% and 30%- 80%), which were tested against the exponents, and expected by the rules con-sidered. Hope for a consistent allometry law that ignores species-specific morphologic allometric and scale differ-ences faded. Exponents a of N ∝ d^α, were significantly different from -1.605 and -2, not expected by Euclidianfractal geometry;exponents β of w ∝ N^β varied around Yoda's self-thinning slope - 3/2, but was significantly differentfrom - 4/3;exponent Y of w ∝ d^γ tended to neither 8/3 nor 3.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(41901361)The Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province(TD-XYDXX-006)+1 种基金The Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20180769)The Major Basic Research Project of the Natural Science Foundation of theJiangsu Higher Education Institutions(18KJB180009).
文摘The alpine treeline ecotone is defined as a forest-grassland or forest-tundra transition boundary either between subalpine forest and treeless grassland,or between subalpine forest and treeless tundra.The alpine treeline ecotone serves irreplaceable ecological functions and provides various ecosystem services.There are three lines associated with the alpine treeline ecotone,the tree species line(i.e.,the highest elevational limit of individual tree establishment and growth),the treeline(i.e.,the transition line between tree islands and isolated individual trees)and the timber line(i.e.,the upper boundary of the closed subalpine forest).The alpine treeline ecotone is the belt region between the tree species line and the timber line of the closed forest.The treeline is very sensitive to climate change and is often used as an indicator for the response of vegetation to global warming.However,there is currently no comprehensive review in the field of alpine treeline advance under global warming.Therefore,this review summarizes the literature and discusses the theoretical bases and challenges in the study of alpine treeline dynamics from the following four aspects:(1)Ecological functions and issues of treeline dynamics;(2)Methodology for monitoring treeline dynamics;(3)Treeline shifts in different climate zones;(4)Driving factors for treeline upward shifting.
