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RETRACTED:<i>Remote Sensing Techniques for Accurate and Consistent Detection of Small-Scale Changes in a Tropical Forest: Exploring Details of Forest Cover Dynamics Using Multi-Temporal Landat Imagery</i>
Department of Botany and Plant Science, University of California, Riverside, USA
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Department of Natural Resource Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Department of Natural Resource Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Department of Natural Resource Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
1 Department of Botany and Plant Science, University of California, Riverside, USA
2 Department of Natural Resource Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
3 Department of Natural Resource Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
4 Department of Natural Resource Management, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
5 Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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