Unravelling the Role of Vegetation Structure in Ecosystem Functioning with LIDAR, Field Studies and Modelling

Camille Gaillard1, Mike Harfoot2, Scott J Goetz1, Abraham John Andrew1, Alexander Shenkin1, Luca Santini3, Patrick Jantz1, Baena Susana4, Patrick Burns1, Tobias Jackson5 and Chris Doughty1, (1)Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, United States, (2)United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (3)Sapienza University, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Rome, Italy, (4)UNEP WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (5)University of Cambridge, Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom