Investigation areas

The focus of the six 4x4 km sites in agricultural dominated landscapes of Saxony-Anhalt (Central Germany) is on biodiversity monitoring.
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  WAN HAR SIP GFH FBG SST
Arable Land (%) 77 67 18 71 71 97
Mean field size (ha)
26 25 25 14 12 6767
Grasslands (%) 3 1 4 6 8 0.1
Forest (%)
4 13 61 12 3 0.3
Semi-natural (%)
8 17 15 6 10 2
Elevation mean (m)
113 143 423 270 122 177
Mean ann. air temp. (°C)
13.4 14.113.3 30.611.0 11.9 13.4 12.7
Mean ann. precip. (mm)
541 516 655 582 574 560

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