Remote Sensing of Tamarisk Biomass, Insect Herbivory, and Defoliation: Novel Lidar and Multispectral Methods in the Grand Canyon Region, Arizona

Temuulen Sankey1, Joel B Sankey2, Rene Horne3, Ashton Bedford3 and Laura Cagney3,4, (1)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (4)USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States