Use of airborne lidar data to improve plant species richness and diversity monitoring in lowland and mountain forests

• Marc Bouvier ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marc.bouvier@gmx.com

  Affiliations Irstea, UMR TETIS, 500 rue Jean-François Breton, Montpellier, France, Info Geo Drones, Pépinière d'Entreprises Versailles Grand Parc, Versailles, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1565-9524

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• Sylvie Durrieu,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Irstea, UMR TETIS, 500 rue Jean-François Breton, Montpellier, France

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• Frédéric Gosselin,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UR EFNO, Irstea, Domaine des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France

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• Basile Herpigny

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation UR EFNO, Irstea, Domaine des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France

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