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ArticleScientific data2025

Maps of forest vertical structure for Colombia, a megadiverse country.

J Camilo Fagua, Patrick Jantz, Patrick Burns, Samuel M Jantz, John B Kilbride, Scott J Goetz

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Article in Scientific data, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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J Camilo FaguaGrupo de Biodiversidad, Biotecnología y Conservación de Ecosistemas, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Bogotá, DC, 111321, Colombia. jcfaguag@unal.edu.co.
Patrick JantzGlobal Earth Observation & Dynamics of Ecosystems Lab (GEODE), School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-2270
Patrick BurnsGlobal Earth Observation & Dynamics of Ecosystems Lab (GEODE), School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-4177
Samuel M JantzNational Institute for Modeling Biological Systems (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
John B KilbrideRenoster Systems Inc, 21750 Hardy Oak Blvd Ste 104, PMB 37519, San Antonio, TX, 78258-4946, USA.
Scott J GoetzGlobal Earth Observation & Dynamics of Ecosystems Lab (GEODE), School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-4308

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vegetation vertical structure refers to the 3D distribution of vegetation aboveground biomass. Vegetation vertical structure of tropical forests influences other ecological and environmental variables that are essential for the functioning of the ecosystems. Integrating over 5.9 million Globel Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) footprints, multispectral, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, we built five national maps at 25 m resolution of five forest structural metrics for Colombia, South America, for the year 2020. We mapped canopy height, the height of half the cumulative returned energy from GEDI (RH50), total canopy cover, foliage height diversity, and total plant area index. The resulting maps tended to have the highest errors in the Amazon and Andean regions. Total cover had the highest relative error. Interrelationship curves between forest structural metrics of GEDI footprints are maintained across mapped metrics, indicating that the predictive models preserve structural relationships observed in GEDI data. Due to the medium-high spatial resolution and national coverage of the forest structural maps presented in this work, these maps will be useful for evaluating and mapping other ecological variables and conservation priorities in Colombia.

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PMCPMC12764847

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