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Relevance and diagnostic ability

Category Relevance
Description The indicator is primarily sensitive or relevant to forest management or loss of forest habitat.

0  Unknown
1  Sensitive to other stressors
2  Slightly sensitive to other stressors
3  Insensitive to other stressors
Top-Ranked Indicators for Relevance and diagnostic ability
Aquatic and riparian (water quality) forestry BMPs   
Biodiversity (terrestrial) forestry BMPs   
Canopy structure   
Cavity nesting bird species   
Disturbance regimes indices   
Ecosystem biomass   
Ecosystem respiration   
Exotic plant species   
Foliage height diversity   
Forest age   
Forest bird species   
Forest soil BMPs   
Forest structure change   
Forest type composition   
Forestry equipment fluid spills   
Government support for forest biodiversity research   
Habitat supply   
Herbicide use in forest management   
Insecticide use in forest management   
Landowner ability to evaluate forest biodiversity information   
Landowner process for making forest biodiversity decisions   
Landowner support for forest biodiversity research   
Landowner/operator monitoring of forestry operations   
Landscape connectivity   
Late-successional species dominance   
Logging road BMPs   
Logging road coverage   
Microclimate   
Programs for forest biodiversity training of staff   
Skid road BMPs   
Skid road coverage   
Soil density   
Stand age distribution   
Stream flow regime   
Tree harvesting levels   
Tree size/density   
Tree spatial pattern   
Use of planted exotic trees species in forestry   
Use of seed mixtures with exotic plant species for erosion in forestry   
Vernal herbaceous plant species   



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