This second edition of a bestseller provides a comprehensive account of ecological indicators for evaluating the health of a wide variety of ecosystems. It presents a proven framework for selecting, evaluating, and validating ecological indicators and applies this framework to major ecosystem types, including coastal areas, forests, wetlands, fisheries, and agricultural land. With numerous examples and case studies, it provides a complete overview of all relevant ecological indicators, including thermodynamics, resilience estimates, and exergy and energy indicators and applies them to a number of important ecosystems.

Ecological Indicators. Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health. Eco-Exergy as Ecological Indicator. Emergy Indices of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. Eco-Exergy to Emergy Flow Ratio for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health. Natural Capital Security / Vulnerability Related to Disturbance in a Panarchy of Social-Ecological Landscapes. Species Richness in Space and Time as an Indicator of Human Activity and Ecological Change. Landscape Development Intensity and Pollutant Emergy/Empower Density Indices as Indicators of Ecosystem Health. Ecosystem Services and Ecological Indicators. Assessment of Ecosystem Health. Application of Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Health. Application of Ecological Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health in Estuaries and Coastal Zones; Application of Ecological and Thermodynamic Indicators for the Assessment of Ecosystem Health of Lakes; Application of Ecological Indicators in Forest Management in Africa; Using Ecological Indicators to Assess the Health of Marine Ecosystems: The North Atlantic. Indicators for the Management of Coastal Lagoons: Sacca di Goro Case Study. Ecosystem Indicators for the Integrated Management of Landscape Health and Integrity. Integrated Indicators for Evaluating Ecosystem Health: An Application to Agricultural Systems. Ecological Indicators to Assess the Health of River Ecosystems.