| Parameter |
Description |
Interpretation |
Unit |
| bp |
Birth rate of pollinators |
Number of new pollinators per each existing one per unit of time. |
months−1 |
| Kp |
Ecosystem’s carrying capacity for pollinators |
Maximum number of pollinators that can be reached without perturbation in the ecosystem. |
animals |
| bm |
Increase rate of biomass |
Amount of new kg of biomass per each existing one per unit of time |
months−1 |
| Km |
Ecosystem’s carrying capacity for biomass |
Maximum amount of biomass that can be reached without perturbation in the ecosystem. |
kg |
| h |
Impact of maintenance over biomass |
Biomass extracted per unit of biomass per month. |
months−1 |
| κ |
Carrying capacity per unit of biomass |
Number of pollinators carried per kg of grass. |
animals kg−1 |
| γ |
Proportion of biomass corresponding to flowers |
Kilograms of flowers in the hectare per kilogram of biomass. |
none |
| υ |
Weight parameter of the impact of human activity if the maintenance is done without interfering with plants life cycle |
Biomass extracted per unit of biomass per month per centimeter cut assuming no intervention with plant life cycle. |
kg·cm−1 |
| ω |
Weight parameter of the impact of human activity if the maintenance is done interfering with plants life cycle |
Biomass extracted per unit of biomass per month per centimeter cut assuming intervention with plant life cycle. |
months−1·cm−1 |
| α |
Pollinators visit ratio |
Expected number of pollinating visits per pollinator per kg of biomass per month. |
visits animals months−1 |
| β |
Pollination efficiency |
Kilograms of biomass produced in each pollinator visit (see Appendix 3) |
kg visit−1 |
| θ |
Economic value of crop unit |
Price received by farmers for kg of their produce at the farm gate (see Appendix 3) |
Euros kg−1 |
| ppp |
Purchasing power parity |
Ratio between prices in France and in the global economy. |
none |