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FLApy: A Python package for evaluating the 3D light availability heterogeneity within forest communities
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1. Light availability (LAv) dictates a variety of biological and ecological processes across a range of spatiotemporal scales. Quantifying the spatial pattern of LAv in three-dimensional (3D) space can promote the understanding of microclimates that are critical to fine-scale species distribution. However, there is still a lack of tools that are robust to evaluate spatiotemporal heterogeneity of LAv in forests. 2. Here, we propose the Forest Light Analyzer python package (FLApy), an open-source computational tool designed for the analysis of intra-forest LAv variation across multiple spatial scales. FLApy is freely invoked by Python, facilitating the processing of LiDAR point cloud data into a 3D data container constructed by voxels, as well as traversal calculations related to the LAv regime by high performance synthetic hemispherical algorithm. Furthermore, FLApy incorporates 37 indicators, enabling users to expediently export and visualize LAv patterns and the evaluation of heterogeneity of LAv at two scales (voxel scale and 3D-cluster scale) for a range of fine-scale ecological study purposes. 3. To validate the efficacy of the FLApy, we employed a simulated point cloud dataset that simulates forests (varying in canopy closure). Furthermore, to evaluate real world forest, we executed the standard workflow of FLApy utilizing drone-derived data from three subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest dynamics plots within the Ailao Mountain Reserve. Our findings underscore that a series of indices derived from FLApy provide a robust characterization of light availability heterogeneity within diverse forest settings. Additionally, when juxtaposed with conventional monitoring techniques, the metrics offered by FLApy demonstrated better generality in our field assessments. 4. FLApy offers ecologists a solution for rapid quantification of understory light 3D-regimes across multiple scales, addressing the disparity between traditional manual approaches and the precision required for contemporary ecological studies. Moreover, FLApy provides robust support for the establishment and expansion of heterogeneity indices based on 3D micro-environments, enhancing our understanding of the largely uncharted 3D structural patterns. Anticipated outcomes suggest that FLApy will enhance our knowledge concerning the intra-forest climatic conditions into a 3D context, proving pivotal in the delineation of microhabitats and the development of detailed 3D-scale species distribution models.
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3D heterogeneity
forest
light availability
Python package
UAV-based LiDAR
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