Table 2.
Distribution of the percentages of land surface of land cover categories within a 5 km radius of barns where horses of the study were sampled
| Percentile | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental characteristics (%) | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| Agricultural lands | 41·3 | 60·0 | 74·9 |
| Developed lands | 1·6 | 4·5 | 7·4 |
| Surface water | 0·3 | 0·6 | 1·8 |
| Hardwood forest (>75% hardwood trees) | 10·1 | 14·3 | 20·1 |
| Mixed forest* (>25% and <75% of hardwood trees) | 2·3 | 5·8 | 13·2 |
| Coniferous forest (>75% of conifers) | 0·3 | 1·4 | 3·9 |
| Total forest (mixed, hardwood and coniferous forests) | 14·5 | 22·3 | 40·1 |
| Dry bare land | 0·1 | 0·3 | 0·9 |
| Non-wooded wet lands | 0·0 | 0·1 | 1·0 |
| Wooded wet lands | 0·7 | 1·9 | 4·6 |
| Orchards | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Other types of land | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·8 |
*
Mixed forest = forested areas including <75% of hardwood or coniferous trees.