How trees and forests inform biodiversity and ecosystem informatics

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 32-43

  Cushing, Judith Bayard ^a   Nadkarni, Nalini ^b   Bond, Barbara ^c   Dial, Roman ^a  

^a Evergreen College   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ECOSYSTEM INFORMATICS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038559554     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCISE.2003.1196305     Document Type: Review

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