Ecological indicators for the nation (National Academy Press, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-148) and index
Scales and Applicability of Indicators -- - Criteria for Evaluating Indicators -- - The Committee's Conceptual Model for Choosing Indicators -- - Policy Perspectives -- - The Recommended Indicators -- - Timing and Cost of Implementing the Committee's Recommendations -- - Local and Regional Indicators -- - Care and Handling of Environmental Data -- - Research -- - Why Are Ecological Indicators Needed? -- - Key Ecological Processes and Products That People Value -- - Establishing Baselines to Evaluate Trends -- - Evaluating Indicators -- - Realistic Expectations about the Value of Indicators -- - The Empirical and Conceptual Foundations of Indicators -- - Scientific Underpinnings of Indicators -- - Using Multiple Approaches -- - Historical and Paleoecological Data As Aids to Indicator Development -- - Sources of Information about Current Ecological Processes -- - Models to Assess Ecosystem Functioning -- - The Committee's Conceptual Model for Choosing Indicators -- - A Framework for Indicator Selection -- - Criteria for Evaluating Indicators -- - Information Handling and Calibration -- - Data Quality Control, Archiving, and Assignment of Responsibilities -- - Use of the Committee Framework -- - Indicators for National Ecological Assessments -- - The Extent and Status of the Nation's Ecosystems -- - Indicators of Ecological Capital: A. Biotic Raw Materials -- - Indicators of Ecological Capital: B. Abiotic Raw Materials -- - Indicators of the Performance of the Nation's Ecosystems -- - Indicators of Nutrient-Use Efficiency and Nutrient Balances in Agroecosystems -- - Research Needs