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Using planes and lasers for a biodiversity checkup

This content was published on Nov 14, 2017 Studies have demonstrated that the stability and productivity of a forest’s ecosystem correlates to plant diversity. Generally, forests that are more biodiverse are more resistant to diseases, insects, fire, storms and also able to cope with higher variations in environmental conditions. Until now, keeping track of plants in forests had involved some very labour-intensive fieldwork.  The University of Zurich and…