A new perspective of ecosystem health |
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| Authors: | LI Hai-tao GU Chen-jie LIANG Tao XU Jian-ye JOHN Ranjeet |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Environment Science, University of Toledo, 43606, Ohio,US. GU Chen-jie Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,CAS, 11 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101,China. LIANG Tao Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,CAS, 11 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101,China. XU Jian-ye Department of Environment Science, University of Toledo, 43606, Ohio,US. JOHN Ranjeet Department of Environment Science, University of Toledo, 43606, Ohio,US. |
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| 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. |
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