Parameter

Description

Interpretation

Unit

bp

Birth rate of pollinators

Number of new pollinators per each existing one per unit of time.

months1

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

months1

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.

months1

κ

Carrying capacity per unit of biomass

Number of pollinators carried per kg of grass.

animals kg1

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·cm1

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·cm1

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 visit1

θ

Economic value of crop unit

Price received by farmers for kg of their produce at the farm gate (see Appendix 3)

Euros kg1

ppp

Purchasing power parity

Ratio between prices in France and in the global economy.

none