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Scoring Legend
All indicators are ranked according to a number of detail criteria.
Related detail criteria are then combined for summary scores (shown in bold).
Click any detail or summary criterion for a detailed description.
Higher scores are always better.
Relevance
Relevance and diagnostic ability
Practicality
Availability of methods
Compliance levels
Cost of compliance monitoring
Cost of effectiveness monitoring
Cost of measuring
Currently measured
Effectiveness
Measurement error and variability
Measurement skill
Quality assurance
Risk
Scientific Merit
Early warning potential
Landscape-level range of sensitivity
Predictability
Response magnitude
Response speed
Scientific basis
Scientific basis (papers)
Scientific opinion
Stand-level range of sensitivity
Ecological Breadth
Complementarity
Ecological integration
Geographical integration
Terrestrial or aquatic
Utility
Assessment thresholds 1
Assessment thresholds 2
Breadth of societal support
Endpoints
Environmentalists
Historical data
Land managers
Landowners
Number of ecological values
Policy makers
Societal values
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