Bioindicator Lecture

Presentation
How to assess terrestrial ecosystem health and
ecological integrity using indicator species

Dini Mei Anggraini

 Concept Map

Site-based and remote

How do ecologits
sensing methods for
select and use
Ecosystem health monitoring indicators
indicators spesies to
toward sustainability of vegetation
monitor ecological
condition: An
changes?
Australian review
health reflects the perspective through which
we evaluate ecosystems and the indicators we use
to assess them.

ecosystem health as the absence of disease, and

disease here was defined as the failure of the
ecosystem to function within acceptable limits,
thereby leading to an inadequate homeostatic
repair mechanism

a healthy ecosystem is one that is sustainable; that

is, it has the ability to maintain its structure and
function over time in the face of external stress.
 Classification of Terrestrial Ecosystems

Forest Grassland
Biomes Biomes

Arctic and
Desert Alpine
Tundra
 The necessary
processes of
ecological
monitoring and
the position of
indicators
species and
common related
state covariates
within the
monitoring
cycle.
 Methods for
Indicator selection in monitoring
Introduction
monitoring indicators of
vegetation condition

Integration of side-
based and remote
sensing for synthesis
monitoring
vegetation
 Methods for monitoring indicators of vegetation
condition

Spatial and temporal scales of

monitoring

Structural, compositional and

functional indicators

Site-based methods,Remote
sensing methods, Composition,
Structure and fuction
 Integration of site-based and remote sensing formonitoring
vegetation condition

In Australia information about vegetation condition is

soughtacross a range of scales from paddocks and sites to
regions and thecontinent. By linking remotely sensed data with
site-based data,ecological questions can be addressed across a
range of spatialscales. Two broad forms have been used to
integrate site-baseddata and remote sensing data together.
 Synthesis
Given the state of decline of vegetation
condition in Australia,improved monitoring
over a range of spatial and temporal scales
isurgently required.

The limited budget and capacity for

assessmentof vegetation condition necessitates
cost effective indicators and methods that can
be explicitly linked to condition