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Cost of measuring

Category Practicality
Description The cost of using existing data or acquiring new data to calculate the indicator

0  Unknown
1  Requires large changes to existing programs or requires new monitoring programs
2  Inexpensive to add on to existing programs or derive from existing programs
3  Data can be obtained from existing programs from the web.
Top-Ranked Indicators for Cost of measuring
Ecosystem biomass   
Forest type composition   
Insect outbreaks   
Late-successional species dominance   
Lichen indices of biotic integrity   
Soil layers   
Stand age distribution   
Tree harvesting levels   



Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
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Brunswick, ME 04011 USA
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