Sentence examples for of arable field from inspiring English sources
Farmers are compensated if they sacrifice a hectare of arable field for a stone curlew nest plot.
One aim of arable field margin strips and non-inversion tillage is to enhance agrobiodiversity, however their influence on earthworm species assemblages remains unclear.
The average density of the species (where it occurred) was 51 flowers per 200 m of garden border and 48 flowers per 200 m of arable field margin.
The growth substrate consisted of arable field soil (Haplic Chernozem, silty loam) from the BOKU Experimental Farm mixed with quartz sand (particle size 1.4 2.2 mm) in a 40 60 v/ v ratio (pH-H2O = 7.4, Corg = 24.2 g kg−1, Ntot = 0.89 g kg−1, P in Ca lactate acetate (CAL) = 61.1 mg kg−1, K-CAL = 107.6 mg kg−1).
About 75% of the UK's landscape is classed as agricultural, with 40% consisting of arable fields and grasslands.
" A new £900m Countryside Stewardship scheme will provide payments to farmers to maintain hedgerows and other "wildlife-friendly ground round the edges of arable fields".
The three environmental filters affected earthworm communities of arable fields and field margins differently.
In addition, a certain proportion of arable fields and grassland can be managed less intensively.
The results confirm there are benefits to farmland biodiversity from introducing new margin strips at the edges of arable fields.
Main measures are transformation of arable fields into extensively used grasslands, afforestation and ecological transformation of forests.
Our results indicate furthermore that the suitability of arable fields as foraging habitats for bats during summer might depend on the characteristics of the landscape.
