An Overview of Ecological Assessment Principles and Applications

摘要: Ecological assessments facilitate understanding of an area’s past, present, and future conditions through comprehensive description ecosystem patterns, processes, functions (Lessard et al., 1999). They synthesize our knowledge ecological Systems commonly describe the biophysical social limits a system, interrelations its components, uncertainties assumptions that underlie given assessment effort. are not decision documents because they do resolve issues or provide direct solutions to specific policy questions. Instead, foundation for proposed additions changes existing land management plans regulatory policies critical component implementing principles in planning (Grossarth Nygren, 1994; Morrison, Haynes 1996).