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Stand-level range of sensitivity

Category Scientific Merit
Description The sensitivity of the indicator to all intensities of forest stand-level management.

0  Unknown
1  Levels change in response to intensity of one silvicultural practice (clearcutting, shelterwood harvesting, group selection harvesting, or single tree selection harvesting)
2  Levels change in response to intensity of practices of even age harvesting or uneven age harvesting
3  Levels change in response to intensity of practices ranging from clearcutting to light selection harvesting
Top-Ranked Indicators for Stand-level range of sensitivity
Aquatic and riparian (water quality) forestry BMPs   
Biodiversity (terrestrial) forestry BMPs   
Bird indices of biotic integrity   
Bryophyte indicator species   
Bryophyte indices of biotic integrity   
Canopy structure   
Competition indices   
Decomposition   
Disturbance regimes indices   
Disturbance-related bird species   
Ecosystem biomass   
Endophytic herbaceous plant species   
Exotic plant species   
Foliage height diversity   
Forest age   
Forest beetles   
Forest bird species   
Forest soil BMPs   
Forest soil change   
Forest specialist vascular plants   
Forest structure change   
Forest type composition   
Habitat supply   
Hydrology   
Insect indicator species   
Insect indices of biotic integrity   
Insecticide use in forest management   
Landowner ability to evaluate forest biodiversity information   
Landscape connectivity   
Lichen indices of biotic integrity   
Logging road BMPs   
Logging road coverage   
Mammal indicator species   
Microclimate   
Multivariate metrics of community structure   
Nematode indices of biotic integrity   
Nutrient cycle   
Patch Shape   
Patch Size   
Programs for forest biodiversity training of staff   
Range of natural variation   
Skid road BMPs   
Skid road coverage   
Soil density   
Soil layers   
Soil nutrients   
Species distribution curves   
Species diversity indices   
Stand age distribution   
Stream flow regime   
Tree harvesting levels   
Tree size/density   
Tree spatial pattern   
Vascular plant indicator species   
Vascular plant indices of biotic integrity   
Water body turbidity   
Water cycle   
Water temperature   



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