Researcher
Kim Calders
- Keywords:terrestrial ecology, earth observation, laser scanning
- Disciplines:Forestry management and modelling, Environmental monitoring, Photogrammetry and remote sensing, Surveying, Natural resource management, Wood and forest biomass processing
Affiliations
- Department of Environment (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2017 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
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- Making (remote) sense of tropical forest structure dynamics across a rainfall and altitudinal gradientFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Understanding large tree mortality rates using novel remote sensing methodsFrom1 Nov 2023 → Today
- Quantifying changes in forest structure and their impact on microclimate across spatial and temporal scales by integrating ground- and satellite-based remote sensingFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Quantifying feedbacks between forest structure, light, microclimate and carbon cycling using distributed photonic sensorsFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Digital twins for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from spaceFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
- Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoringFrom15 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Special Research Fund Professorship in earth observation and terrestrial ecologyFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - ZAP BOF mandates
- University of Queensland Strategic Institutional PartnershipFrom1 Nov 2019 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Understanding forest growth dynamics using novel 3D measurements and modelling approachesFrom1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Publications
1 - 10 of 96
- Exploring the influence of tree species richness on vertical structure variability in young plantations using terrestrial laser scanning(2024)
Authors: Mengxi Wang, Kim Calders, Hans Verbeeck, Kris Verheyen, Lander Baeten, Haben Blondeel, Bart Muys, Quentin Ponette, John Armston, Frieke Vancoillie
- Nutrient‐demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest‐edge vegetation across temperate Europe(2024)
Authors: Karen De Pauw, Leen Depauw, Kim Calders, Sara A. O. Cousins, Guillaume Decocq, Emiel De Lombaerde, Martin Diekmann, David Frey, Jonathan Lenoir, Camille Meeussen, et al.
- Trait–micro‐environment relationships of forest herb communities across Europe(2024)
Authors: Sanne Govaert, Camille Meeussen, Thomas Vanneste, Kurt Bollmann, Jörg Brunet, Kim Calders, Sara A. O. Cousins, Karen De Pauw, Martin Diekmann, Bente J. Graae, et al.
Pages: 286 - 302 - The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation(2023)
Authors: David M. Lapola, Patricia Pinho, Jos Barlow, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Erika Berenguer, Rachel Carmenta, Hannah M. Liddy, Hugo Seixas, Camila V. J. Silva, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, et al.
- StrucNet : a global network for automated vegetation structure monitoring(2023)
Authors: Kim Calders, Benjamin Brede, Glenn Newnham, Darius Culvenor, John Armston, Harm Bartholomeus, Anne Griebel, Jodie Hayward, Samuli Junttila, Alvaro Lau, et al.
Pages: 587 - 598 - Benchmarking airborne laser scanning tree segmentation algorithms in broadleaf forests shows high accuracy only for canopy trees(2023)
Authors: Yujie Cao, James G.C. Ball, David A. Coomes, Leon Steinmeier, Nikolai Knapp, Phil Wilkes, Mathias Disney, Kim Calders, Andrew Burt, Yi Lin, et al.
- Forest edge structure from terrestrial laser scanning to explain bird biophony characteristics from acoustic indices(2023)
Authors: Tom Verhelst, Pieter Vangansbeke, Pieter De Frenne, Barbara D'hont, Quentin Ponette, Luc Willems, Hans Verbeeck, Kim Calders
Pages: 615 - 627 - Capturing seasonal radial growth of boreal trees with terrestrial laser scanning(2023)
Authors: T. Yrttimaa, S. Junttila, V. Luoma, Kim Calders, V. Kankare, N. Saarinen, A. Kukko, M. Holopainen, J. Hyyppä, M. Vastaranta
- Accuracy differences in aboveground woody biomass estimation with terrestrial laser scanning for trees in urban and rural forests and different leaf conditions(2023)
Authors: Georgios Arseniou, David W. MacFarlane, Kim Calders, Matthew Baker
Pages: 761 - 779 - Topology-based individual tree segmentation for automated processing of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds(2023)
Authors: Xin Xu, Federico Iuricich, Kim Calders, John Armston, Leila De Floriani
Linked dataset
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- Dataset for De Pauw et al. (2024) Nutrient-demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest edge vegetation across temperate Europe (Creator)
- Urban forest microclimate gradients (Creator)
- Govaert et al GEB Trait–micro‐environment relationships of forest herb communities across Europe (Creator)
- "Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of forest understorey plants in European forest edges" (Creator)