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type: software
license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'FORTLS: Automatic Processing of Terrestrial-Based Technologies Point Cloud
  Data for Forestry Purposes'
version: 2.0.1
doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105337
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.FORTLS
abstract: Process automation of point cloud data derived from terrestrial-based technologies
  such as Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) or Mobile Laser Scanner. 'FORTLS' enables
  (i) detection of trees and estimation of tree-level attributes (e.g. diameters and
  heights), (ii) estimation of stand-level variables (e.g. density, basal area, mean
  and dominant height), (iii) computation of metrics related to important forest attributes
  estimated in Forest Inventories at stand-level, and (iv) optimization of plot design
  for combining TLS data and field measured data. Documentation about 'FORTLS' is
  described in Molina-Valero et al. (2022, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105337>).
authors:
- family-names: Molina-Valero
  given-names: Juan Alberto
  email: jamolinavalero@gmail.com
- family-names: Martínez-Calvo
  given-names: Adela
- family-names: Álvarez-González
  given-names: Juan Gabriel
- family-names: Montes
  given-names: Fernando
- family-names: Pérez-Cruzado
  given-names: César
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'Operationalizing the use of TLS in forest inventories: The R package FORTLS'
  authors:
  - family-names: Molina-Valero
    given-names: Juan Alberto
    email: jamolinavalero@gmail.com
  - family-names: Martínez-Calvo
    given-names: Adela
  - family-names: Ginzo-Villamayor
    given-names: Maria José
  - family-names: Pérez
    given-names: Manuel Antonio Novo
  - family-names: Álvarez-González
    given-names: Juan Gabriel
  - family-names: Montes
    given-names: Fernando
  - family-names: Pérez-Cruzado
    given-names: César
  journal: Environmental Modelling & Software
  year: '2022'
  doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105337
  url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105337
  start: '105337'
repository: https://cranhaven.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/Molina-Valero/FORTLS
commit: be74f0881cd58eb01d1de0f6a5aaac1975187f0a
url: https://molina-valero.github.io/FORTLS/
date-released: '2026-04-19'
contact:
- family-names: Molina-Valero
  given-names: Juan Alberto
  email: jamolinavalero@gmail.com
references:
- type: manual
  title: Automatic Processing of Terrestrial-Based Technologies Point Cloud Data for
    Forestry Purposes
  authors:
  - family-names: Molina-Valero
    given-names: Juan Alberto
  - family-names: Martínez-Calvo
    given-names: Adela
  - family-names: Álvarez-González
    given-names: Juan Gabriel
  - family-names: Montes
    given-names: Fernando
  - family-names: Pérez-Cruzado
    given-names: César
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 2.0.1
  url: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=FORTLS