Indicators and Surrogates of Biodiversity and Environmental Change.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author biographies -- 1. Introduction - disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives on ecological indicators and surrogates -- 2. Surrogates for the distribution and trajectory of biodiversity -- 3. Biodiversity surrogates -- 4. Conservation by proxy: thoughts 5 years on -- 5. Avian surrogates in terrestrial ecosystems: theory and practice -- 6. Using decision theory to select indicators for managing threats to biodiversity -- 7. Invertebrate indicators and ecosystem restoration -- 8. Mosses as passive and active indicator surrogates for investigations of atmospheric pollution and quality -- 9. Lichens as ecological indicators to track atmospheric changes: future challenges -- 10. Approaches, potential and pitfalls of applying bioindicators in freshwater ecosystems -- 11. Searching for the holy grail of wetland integrity: are surrogates still relevant in conservation planning? -- 12. Surrogates for coral reef ecosystem health and evaluating management success -- 13. Abiotic surrogates in support of marine biodiversity conservation -- 14. Building indicators for coupled marine socio-ecological systems -- 15. The application of genetic indicators in wild populations: potential and pitfalls for genetic monitoring -- 16. Use of surrogates in medicine: ideas that may be useful for ecology -- 17. Application of surrogates and indicators to monitoring natural resources -- 18. Indicators and surrogates in environmental management -- 19. A diversity of approaches to ecological surrogates and key knowledge gaps -- Index.

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