2mat the edge of the field can be cut every 2 or 3 years, with
the remaining 4 m
cut annually.
In this study, eight strips at the
edges of 6 mfieldmargins were cut annually, and 12 were cut
every 2 or 3 years. Consequently, being the only habitat with a
dichotomy of management, the impact of cutting frequency
was only analysed for 6 m field margins.
Data were input into Microsoft Access and were analysed
using SPSS. Each habitat unit was used as the sample unit
for analysis. Where data could be log-transformed to
normalise the distribution, parametric statistics were
applied. Otherwise, non-parametric statistics were favoured.
Where multiple tests were undertaken, Bonferroni corrections
were applied. Species richness was defined as the total
number of species captured per location in each year.