USING BIRD DATA TO DEVELOP BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS FOR AGRICULTURE

摘要

The wealth and quality of data on birds, relative to other taxa, may be used to develop the thinking and lead the way in the development and application of biodiversity indicators at local, national, regional and global levels. It is important therefore that bird data are being put to best use in the development and application of such indicators. How effectively we are conserving the world's birds is a means of assessing how successful we are in conserving ecosystem functions and biodiversity as a whole.