Biodiversity evaluation and indicator development

 

A major field experiment devoted to assessing biological diversity in planted forests project ended in 2001 with results published in 2003.  Further work has been undertaken to identify potential indicators of biodiversity and develop them through further fieldwork.  The indicators under investigation include aspects of deadwood, vertical stand structure, birds and tree species diversity. Although the main project ended in 2004, a review concluded that there is clear policy and practice rationale for continuing with work on biodiversity indicators. Accordingly, the project was reconstituted to focus on this subject area. The assessment project data will be drawn on where appropriate, but a wider perspective including landscape-scale measures etc will be used.

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