Terrestrial laser scanning for measuring structural complexity across habitats on an oceanic island

This dataset comprises of the results of habitat structural characterisation from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), conducted using a FARO Focus M70 terrestrial laser scanner (Faro Technologies Inc., Lake Mary, USA) in Tenerife, Spain, used for the analysis in https://doi.org/10.32942/X2MD23. A published algorithm (https://github.com/ehbrechtetal/Stand-structural-complexity-index---SSCI.git) was used to calculate the Stand Structural Complexity Index (SSCI), developed by Ehbrecht et al. (2017), derived from the Mean Fractal index (MeanFRAC) and the Effective Number of Layers (ENL). Other structural metrics such as canopy openness, mean distance from the stand, and an Understorey Complexity Index (UCI) were calculated. NB: Due to data deposit limitations, the processed scans (as .xyz files) are not deposited but are available on request. Recommended citation for this dataset: Suter, S., Otto, R., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., de Nascimento Reyes, L., Arvelo, F.R., Cornejo, N.S., Ramirez, N.G., Ehbrecht, M., Kreft, H., and Zemp, D.C., 2025. Characterising the structural complexity across major habitats of Tenerife, Spain. Dataset (V.1). Zenodo. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.16318411