Assessing the utility of a novel terrestrial biodiversity quality indicator with 10 years of monitoring data

We conclude that the ISS supports ecologically relevant interpretation and management target setting/benchmarking. It is intuitive in nature, easily communicated to a non-scientific audience and therefore useful for management reporting. ISS results following 10 years of monitoring also lead us to consider the relative importance of the many impacts that urbanization exerts on areas of natural cover that remain within an urban matrix. We recognize the need to develop metrics, where possible, in order to quantify individual impacts, monitor them, and establish priorities for the reduction or mitigation of the specific drivers of biodiversity quality decline.