Episode 88: Tree trunks do not bias estimates of surface fuels by aerial lidar in southern Sweden

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Host: Robert Keane, Editor of Fire Ecology and Retired Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, USA

Guests: Olga Wepryk, PhD Candidate at the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre and Igor Drobyshev, Researcher at the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Olga Wepryk and Igor Drobyshev about using aerial lidar to assess ground fuels for surface fires.

Read the journal article here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00454-y


Special thanks to our guests for their participation, to Bob Keane for hosting this podcast series, and to Madeline Scheintaub for volunteering her time to edit the audio recordings.