Review on grassland ecosystem health

This study reviewed the progresses, problems and future fields in the grassland ecosystem health, emphasizing on indicator system and its establishment methods. This study compared structural function indicator system and integrated indicator system, and pointed out the characteristics of ten establishment methods and its application. And then this study put forward some advice for indicator selection, weight assignment of indicator, and criterion. This study suggested that different methods were used to evaluate the same grassland ecosystem, which benefited the comparison and rectification deviation, and more comprehensive and interdisciplinary evaluation would be core of future field of grassland ecosystem health evaluation based on nature, economy, society, and human health.