“…LiDAR, also referred as laser scanning (LS), has evolved into a state-of-the-art technology for highly accurate 3D data acquisition. By now several studies indicate a high value for 3D vegetation description, such as in agricultural monitoring of trees (Rosell and Sanz, 2012;Seidel et al, 2011), field crops (Höfle, 2013;Saeys et al, 2009;Lumme et al, 2008) or harvest residues (Lenaerts et al, 2012). Harvest residues play an important role in agricultural management, for instance concerning the calculation of biomass and subsequently the need of fertilization as 'humus compensation' (Fink, 1996) or for renewable energy production (Pimentel, 1981).…”