Rowe, E.C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4784-7236; Smart, S.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832; Emmett, B.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389.
2011
Defining a biodiversity damage metric and threshold
using Habitat Directive criteria.
In: Hicks, W.K.; Whitfield, C.P.; Bealey, W.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-5864; Sutton, M.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1342-2072, (eds.)
Nitrogen deposition and Natura 2000: Science and practice in determining environmental impacts.
COST Office - European Cooperation in Science and Technology, 136-141.
• Changes in the environmental suitability of a site for particular plant species in response to
nitrogen (N) load can be predicted fairly objectively using model chains such as MAGICGBMOVE.
• Lists of positive and negative indicator plant species, such as those in UK Common
Standards Monitoring Guidance, provide operational definitions of habitat quality and
damage.
• Whilst N-sensitive species can provide early warnings of change, they may not be
representative of the desirable features of the habitat.
• A metric of habitat quality is proposed, based on predicted environmental suitability for
positive and negative indicator species.
• This metric allows assessment of the impact of N pollution on habitat quality as defined
independently of the N effects research community.
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