Harvesting Information to Sustain our Forests
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Lois Delcambre, Timothy Tolle, David Maier, Mathew Weaver, Daniel Behlings, Patricia Toccalino, Lacey Baldwin, Fred Phillips, Nicole Steckler, Marianne Koch, Marianne Lykke Nielsen, Eric Landis Computer Science and Engineering Department Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Department Management in Science and Technology Department OGI School of Science & Engineering Oregon Health & Science University Consultant (formerly) USDA Forest Service, Region 6 Department of Information Studies Royal School of Library and Information Computer Science Department Portland State University Consultant
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