How do ecologists select and use indicator species to monitor ecological change? Insights from 14 years of publication in Ecological Indicators

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-230

  Siddig, Ahmed A H ^a,b   Ellison, Aaron M ^b   Ochs, Alison ^c   Villar Leeman, Claudia ^d   Lau, Matthew K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecological monitoring; Environmental changes; Indicator species; Review

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEWS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDEX; INDICATOR SPECIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84937604039     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.036     Document Type: Review

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