A new perspective of ecosystem health

Authors

Hai tao Li, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chen jie Gu, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tao Liang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian ye Xu, The University of Toledo
Ranjeet John, The University of Toledo

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2011

Publication Title

Journal of Forestry Research

Keywords

ecosystem health, factor analysis, majority, normal distribution theory

Abstract

Ecosystem health has attracted considerable attention from different disciplines in recent years. However, it still remains a disputed issue whether to focus on its general concept or on operational practice. As a result, these disputations have caused confusion and limited further research in the field of ecosystem health. In this paper, we attempt to introduce a new perspective to the concept of ecosystem health. With the aid of modern statistical methodology, such as factor analysis and normal distribution theory, we provide a conceptual approach to the quantitative assessment of ecosystem health and our method could be applied to various categories of ecosystems. © 2011 Northeast Forestry University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Volume

22

Issue

1

First Page

127

Last Page

132

ISSN

1007662X

E-ISSN

19930607

DOI

10.1007/s11676-011-0138-z

Recommended Citation

Li, Hai tao; Gu, Chen jie; Liang, Tao; Xu, Jian ye; and John, Ranjeet, "A new perspective of ecosystem health" (2011). Faculty Publications. 162.
https://red.library.usd.edu/sustainability-fp/162