Figure 1

Graphical overlay of vertical transects along the length of the study area including the 26 individual flightlines and the underlying terrain elevation. The control points in the montane forest plots (K–N) lie at an average elevation of 1000 m, while those in the submontane plots (F–J) are located between 100–370 m elevation. North is to the left of the figure, and the y-axis on the right-hand side with an inverted scale shows the increase in lidar footprint size with growing distance from the airborne sensor.