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Four complementary characteristics were considered, namely, aboveground biomass per hectare, Gini coefficient of the diameters at breast height, Shannon diversity index of the tree species, and the number of trees per hectare. Multispectral ALS data were acquired with an Optech Titan sensor, which consists of three scanners, called channels, working in three wavelengths (532 nm, 1064 nm, and 1550 nm). Standard ALS data acquired with a Leica ALS70 system were used as a reference. The study area is located in Southern Norway, in a forest composed of Scots pine, Norway spruce, and broadleaf species. ALS metrics were extracted for each plot from both elevation and intensity values of the ALS points acquired with both sensors, and for all three channels of the ALS multispectral sensor. Regression models were constructed using different combinations of metrics. 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