We review critical issues that must be considered when selectingindicator species for a
monitoring program that aims to maintainor restore ecological integrity. First, we examine the …

▪ Abstract Ecological indicators have widespread appeal to scientists, environmental
managers, and the general public. Indicators have long been used to detect changes in …

Warming from climate change is expected to reduce body size of endotherms, but studies
from temperate systems have produced equivocal results. Over four decades, we collected …

A recent nationwide USEPA study found that 56% of the stream segments with water
resource degradation had a reduced fishery potential because of chemical problems …

Plant and animal species have been used for decades as indicators of air and water quality
and agricultural and range conditions. Increasingly, vertebrates are used to assess …

In recent years, the application of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing in
grassland ecosystem monitoring has increased, and the application directions have …

Estuarine habitats, and the fish assemblages associated with them, are potentially impacted
upon by many anthropogenic influences which can have a direct influence on the food …

Ecological indicators for long‐term monitoring programs are needed to detect and assess
changing environmental conditions. We developed and tested community‐level …

Parks and Carrying Capacity is an important new work for faculty, graduate and
undergraduate students, and researchers in outdoor recreation, park planning and …

A pproaches to conservation and natural resource ftmanagement are maturing rapidly in
response to changing perceptions of biodiversity and ecological systems. In past decades …