Table 1. Characteristics of the four study systems.
For each crop, the variety used, the distance between fields, field size and mean pollinator richness is shown.
| Variety | Distance between sites (range in km) |
Field sizes (range in ha) |
Mean species richness of pollinators |
Percentage agriculture in 500 m buffer (range) |
Percentage agriculture in 1000 m buffer (range) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil seed rape | Stratos | 3–7 | 1.0–40.4 | 11.3 | 14–50 | 4–44 |
| Field bean | Clipper | 3–18 | 5.0–47.0 | 3.1 | 34–99 | 35–99 |
| Strawberry | Honeoye, Korona, Darselect, Symphonie |
3–26 | 0.3–1.3 | 12.9 | 51–99 | 48–96 |
| Buckwheat | Kora | 4–7 | 0.3–4.0 | 11.4 | 29–82 | 41–73 |