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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456128003321

Titolo

Ecological indicators for the nation [[electronic resource] /] / Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology [and] Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-51554-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

363.7/063/0973

Soggetti

Indicators (Biology)

Environmental monitoring

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Empirical and Conceptual Foundations of Indicators""; ""3 A Framework for Indicator Selection""; ""4 Indicators for National Ecological Assessments""; ""5 Local and Regional Indicators""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Variability, Complexity, and the Design of Sampling Procedures""; ""Appendix B Markov Matrices of Landscape Change""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""Index""