Indicators
Indicators
Below is a list of indicators identified for use at a property level. Those with active links provide land managers with information about how to monitor the resource condition and trend of the particular attribute, and how their management actions influence it. Use of the indicators also enables land managers to reliably communicate what is happening on their property.
About indicators explains how the indicators in the guide are structured. Indicator descriptions (PDF, 76K)* provides a definition of each indicator.
Water
- Depth to groundwater
- Dissolved oxygen
- Faecal coliforms in water
- Farm chemicals in water
- Water flow
- Fine sediment in water
- Local rainfall
- Nitrates in water
- pH of water
- Phosphates in water
- Plant available water content
- Salinity of water
- Temperature of water
In-stream/riparian zone/wetland
- Fish
- Impacts on wetlands
- In-stream habitat
- Aquatic macro-invertebrates
- Microalgae in water
- River & wetland fauna
- Wetland area
- Fallen woody material
- Ground cover
- Large trees
- Native plant richness
- Native vegetation area
- Organic litter
- Recruitement of woody plants
- Shrub cover
- Tree canopy cover & health
- Vegetation density
- Weed cover
- Weed species
Soil
- Ground cover
- Gully erosion
- Hillslope erosion
- Plant available water content
- Saline land
- Soil chemistry
- Soil erosion
- Soil infiltration
- Soil life
- Soil pH
- Soil salinity
- Soil structure
- Wind erosion
Salinity
- Deep-rooted perennials
- Depth to groundwater
- Saline land
- Salinity of water
- Soil salinity
Vegetation
- Deep-rooted perennials
- Fallen woody material
- Ground cover
- Impacts on native vegetation
- Large trees
- Native plant richness
- Native vegetation area
- Organic litter
- Pasture species
- Recruitement of woody plants
- Shrub cover
- Tree canopy cover & health
- Vegetation density
- Weed cover
- Weed species
- Yearly pasture use
Fire
- Impact of fire
Fauna – land
- Exotic pest fauna
- Fauna behaviour
- Impacts on native fauna
- Native land fauna
Greenhouse accounting
- Carbon capture
- Energy use
General technique
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Last updated 7 September 2010
