Sentences with phrase «forest health indicators»
They'll compare forest health indicators: soil nutrient cycling, forest regrowth, and wildlife.
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The first U.S. State of the Birds report came out in 2009 and established the precedent of using birds that are confined to specific habitats as indicators of the health of those habitats: oceans, coasts, wetlands, arctic, forests, grasslands, and aridlands.
Professor Long Yongcheng, head of the IUCN's China Primate Specialist Group, said: «The Hainan gibbon is an indicator of good forest health and ecological stability, and so protecting the species also helps to conserve Hainan's environment and its international green image.»
Bats are so critical to forest health, they are considered a key indicator.
Among forest wildlife, birds are especially important because they serve as early indicators of forest health, water quality, air quality, and climate change.