Continuing in the tradition of its bestselling predecessor, the Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, Second Edition brings together world-class editors and contributors who have been at the forefront of ecosystem health assessment research for decades, to provide a sound approach to environmental management and sust

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Biological Sciences

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Ecology

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Biological Sciences

Front cover
Contents
Preface
Editors
Contributors
Section I. Ecological Indicators
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Application of Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health
Chapter 3. Eco-Exergy as Ecological Indicator
Chapter 4. Emergy Indices of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Chapter 5. Eco-Exergy to Emergy Flow Ratio for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health
Chapter 6. Natural Capital Security/Vulnerability Related to Disturbance in a Panarchy of Social-Ecological Landscapes
Chapter 7. Species Richness in Space and Time as an Indicator of Human Activity and Ecological Change
Chapter 8. Landscape Development Intensity and Pollutant Emergy/Empower Density Indices as Indicators of Ecosystem Health
Chapter 9. Ecosystem Services and Ecological Indicators
Section II. Assessment of Ecosystem Health
Chapter 10. Application of Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Health
Chapter 11. Application of Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health in Estuaries and Coastal Zones
Chapter 12. Application of Ecological and Thermodynamic Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health of Lakes
Chapter 13. Application of Ecological Indicators in Forest Management in Africa
Chapter 14. Using Ecological Indicators to Assess the Health of Marine Ecosystems: The North Atlantic
Chapter 15. Indicators for the Management of Coastal Lagoons: Sacca di Goro Case Study
Chapter 16. Ecosystem Indicators for the Integrated Management of Landscape Health and Integrity
Chapter 17. Integrated Indicators for Evaluating Ecosystem Health: An Application to Agricultural Systems
Chapter 18. Ecological Indicators to Assess the Health of River Ecosystems
Appendix
Index
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