Research Article
Farmers' Interest in Nature and Its Relation to Biodiversity in Arable Fields
Table 2
All measured landscape, field and farmer variables presented with mean, max and min values.
| In field variables | (number of zeros); max; min |
| Crop density in June (% cover) | 52; 89; 29 | Crop height in July (cm) | 105; 121; 83 | Yield (kg) | 5130; 7700; 1800 | Nitrogen application (kg/ha) | 103 (3); 168; 0 | Farm manure/Green manure/chemical fertilizer (number of farms) | 0/2/14 | Number of herbicide applications | 1 (4); 1; 0 |
| Field variables | |
| Area (ha) | 12.3; 60; 1.5 | Perimeter (m) | 1536; 3230; 593 | Field islands (perimeter) | 72 (7); 593; 0 | Total number of trees, stones and shrubs in the field border | 12; 32; 1 |
| Landscape variables | |
| Proportion in % of (within 300 m) | | Forest | 14 (4); 40; 0 | Fields | 62; 85; 14 | Pasture | 3 (12); 18; 0 | Perennial crops (ley and fallow) | 19 (3); 38; 0 | Spring sown crops | 38; 66; 18 | Autumn sown crops | 37; 70; 16 | Length of roads (m) | 836 (3); 1583; 0 | Number of houses | 1.9 (3); 5; 0 |
| Farmer variables | |
| Interest in nature | 2.1; 2.9; 1 | Work (full or part-time) | 8 full time and 8 part-time |
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mean value was calculated using only non-zero values.
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