作者: Diann J. Prosser , Jessica L. Nagel , Paul R. Marbán , Luo Ze , Daniel D. Day
DOI: 10.1675/063.040.0305
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摘要: Abstract. In recent decades, there has been increasing interest in the application of ecological indices to assess ecosystem condition response anthropogenic activities. An Index Waterbird Community Integrity was previously developed for Chesapeake Bay, USA. However, scoring criteria were not defined well enough generate scores new species that observed original study. The goal this study explicitly define existing index and develop all waterbirds Bay. standardized then applied a case investigating relationship between waterbird community integrity shoreline development during late summer fall (2012–2014) using an alternative approach survey methodology, which allowed greater area coverage compared used both seasons negatively related percentage shorelines. Providing t...