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 |