3D FOREST Publications

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RECENT AND
REPRESENTATIVE
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A curated list of verified papers, preprints, datasets, and software-linked outputs across forest microclimate, structure sensing, and ecological modeling.

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Featured Paper

Representative recent work.

The list below emphasizes recent or otherwise representative outputs that connect microclimate, remote sensing, software, and ecological interpretation.

Featured Paper

Spatiotemporal variation of the maximum cooling effect across edge-to-interior gradients in forest patches of southwestern China

PLOS One, 2026

A recent study on how maximum cooling changes across edge-to-interior gradients in forest patches, supported by an open dataset for reuse.

Read Paper Open Dataset
2026

Spatiotemporal variation of the maximum cooling effect across edge-to-interior gradients in forest patches of southwestern China

PLOS One | Forest cooling gradients with open article and dataset

Article Dataset
2026

Spatiotemporal patterns of forest fragmentation along the border region of Yunnan Province in Southwest China from 1985 to 2022

Global Ecology and Conservation | Forest fragmentation and landscape dynamics

Article
2025

Acoustic beta indices exhibited a weak correlation with both vocal species composition dissimilarity and environmental factors dissimilarity in a subtropical forest

Ecological Indicators | Ecoacoustics and biodiversity monitoring

Article
2025

Combining UAV and Sentinel Satellite Data to Delineate Ecotones at Multiscale

Forests | Multiscale ecotone delineation with UAV and satellite data

Article
2025

Forest structure predicts aboveground biomass better than community-weighted mean of traits, functional diversity, topography, and soil in a tropical forest across spatial scales

Forest Ecology and Management | Structure and aboveground biomass

Article
2025

Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest

Plant Diversity | Canopy structure and species-genetic diversity

Article
2024

FLApy: A Python package for evaluating the 3D light availability heterogeneity within forest communities

Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 3D light heterogeneity analysis

Article Code
2024

Mapping elevational patterns of functional diversity of canopy species in an alpine forest using drone multispectral and LiDAR data

Ecological Indicators | Drone-based functional diversity mapping

Article
2024

A Novel Forest Microclimate Model Reveals Wind-Mediated Microclimate Asymmetry at Forest Edges

Working paper | Mechanistic forest-edge microclimate modeling

Preprint
2022

Detection and Quantification of Forest-Agriculture Ecotones Caused by Returning Farmland to Forest Program Using Unmanned Aircraft Imagery

Diversity | UAS photogrammetry and object-based ecotone analysis

Article
2022

Thermal Contribution of the Local Climate Zone and Its Spatial Distribution Effect on Land Surface Temperature in Different Macroclimate Cities

Remote Sensing | Local climate zones and land surface temperature

Article
2021

Assessment of karst rocky desertification from the local to regional scale based on unmanned aerial vehicle images: A case-study of Shilin County, Yunnan Province, China

Land Degradation & Development | UAV-based karst desertification assessment

Article

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Several publications are tied directly to open-source software and data products, including FLApy and the forest cooling dataset.

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