CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Background -- Scope -- Format -- 2 BASIC CONCEPTS -- Ecosystem, Vegetation, and Site -- The Ecosystem Concept in Forest Management -- Site Diagnosis -- 3 CONCEPTS AND METHODS RELATED TO INDICATOR PLANTS -- Plants as Site Indicators -- Choice of Objects of Plant Indication -- Indicator Values of Species -- Choice of Indicator Species -- Indicator Species Groups -- 4 SITE ATTRIBUTES AND INDICATOR SPECIES -- Climate -- Indicators of Climate -- Soil Moisture -- Indicators of Soil Moisture -- Soil Nutrients -- Indicators of Soil Nitrogen -- Ground Surface Materials -- Indicators of Ground Surface Materials -- 5 INDICATOR PLANT ANALYSIS -- Individual-Species Method -- Spectral Method -- Index Method -- 6 DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDICATOR PLANTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDICES -- Appendix 1 Synopsis of Indicator Species Groups and Indicator Values of Species -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Appendix 2 Index of Scientific and Common Names of Species -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Appendix 3 Photo credits.