Ecological Indicators

The ultimate aim of Ecological Indicators is to integrate the monitoring and assessment of ecological and environmental indicators with management practices. The journal provides a forum for the discussion of the applied scientific development and review of traditional indicator approaches as well as for theoretical, modelling and quantitative applications such as index development. Research into the following areas will be published. • All aspects of ecological and environmental indicators and indices. • New indicators, and new approaches and methods for indicator development, testing and use. • Development and modelling of indices, e.g. application of indicator suites across multiple scales and resources. • Analysis and research of resource, system- and scale-specific indicators. • Methods for integration of social and other valuation metrics for the production of scientifically rigorous and politically-relevant assessments using indicator-based monitoring and assessment programs. • How research indicators can be transformed into direct application for management purposes. • Broader assessment objectives and methods, e.g. biodiversity, biological integrity, and sustainability, through the use of indicators. • Resource-specific indicators such as landscape, agroecosystems, forests, wetlands, etc.

Ecological Indicators 期刊的最终目标在于将生态与环境指标的监测和评估与实际管理实践相结合。该期刊提供了一个讨论应用科学发展、审视传统指标方法以及探索理论与建模和定量应用（例如指数开发）的平台。期刊发表的研究领域包括生态与环境指标及其指数的各个方面，新指标的开发、测试和使用的新方法，以及指数的开发和建模，特别是那些跨尺度和跨资源的指标套件应用。此外，还包括针对特定资源、系统和规模的指标进行的分析和研究，以及利用基于指标的监测和评估计划，整合社会和其他评估指标的方法，以进行科学严谨且政治相关的评估。期刊还探讨了如何将研究指标直接应用于管理目的，以及如何通过使用指标实现更广泛的评估目标和方法，如生物多样性、生物完整性和可持续性。此外，还特别关注特定资源指标的研究，例如景观、农业生态系统、森林、湿地等。