On the study of ecosystem health:state of the art

作     者：XU Fu\|liu,TAO Shu (Departemnt of Urban and Environemntal Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China) 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2000年第12卷第1期

页      面：35-40页

核心收录：

学科分类：083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 08[工学] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：Foundationitem :NationalExcellentYouthScientistsFoundationofChina (No.4 95 2 5 10 2 ) 

主　　题：ecosystem health environmental management ecological indicators CLC number: X503 Document code: A 

摘      要：Ecosystem health is a newly proposed concept that sets new goals for environmental management. Its definition, assessment indicators, and assessment methods are reviewed in this paper. Literature shows that the definitions and the assessment indicators cover a wide range of ecosystem health, and they differ in terms of researchers different scientific background. It is concluded that the concept of ecosystem health cannot be defined or understood simply in biological or ethical or aesthetic or historical terms and the assessment should be based on applying several indicators simultaneously to get overall picture of the health or integrity state of an ecosystem.