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Table 1 Overview of quantitative data obtained from n = 16 FHGs in 1998 and 2013

From: The changing face of farmers’ home gardens: a diachronic analysis from Sillian (Eastern Tyrol, Austria)

Year

1998

2013

p

Garden size

 Mean

65.56

48.13

p = 0.056

 Median

66

34

 

 Std. deviation

28.467

37.352

 

 Minimum

30

9

 

 Maximum

105

134

 

 Range

75

125

 

Occurrence

 Mean

39.19

40.00

p = 0.799

 Median

38.50

32.50

 

 Std. deviation

12.55

16.90

 

 Minimum

21.00

16.00

 

 Maximum

68.00

69.00

 

 Range

47.00

53.00

 

Abundance

 Mean

691.75

487.13

p = 0.027

 Median

681.00

335.00

 

 Std. deviation

310.23

329.14

 

 Minimum

220.00

87.00

 

 Maximum

1138.00

1196.00

 

 Range

918.00

1109.00

 

Plant use characteristics (occ.)

Min/Max/Mean

Min/Max/Mean

 

 Ornamental occurrence

1/31/17.13

2/40/18.56

p = 0.880

 Ornamental abundance

14/301/118.50

6/414/115.50

p = 0.492

 Food occurrence

6/33/16.63

10/53/23.25

p = 0.002

 Food abundance

157/1007/506.94

86/1029/398.63

p = 0.047

  Spice occurrence

1/16/6.19

1/22/7.88

p = 0.137

  Spice abundance

34/821/170.69

7/420/125.44

p = 0.138

 Customs occurrence

0/5/0.81

0/21/2.5

p = 0.147

 Customs abundance

0/25/2.19

0/62/11.81

p = 0.042

 Fertiliser occurrence

0

0/12/0.94

p = 0.189

 Fertiliser Abundance

0

0/314/21.63

p = 0.205

 VetMed occurrence

0/2/0.63

0/10/0.81

p = 0.029

 VetMet abundance

0/102/11

0/130/10.19

p = 0.186

 Fodder occurrence

0/3/0.31

0/1/0.31

p = 0.792

 Fodder abundance

0/102/9

0/20/3.50

p = 0.322

 Human medicinal occurrence

0/9/2.63

0/39/5.88

p = 0.121

 Human medicinal abundance

0/25/2.19

0/62/11.81

p = 0.782

Occurrence per area

 Mean

0.7135

1.203

p = 0.021

 Median

0.6236

1.1937

 

 Variance

   

 Std. deviation

0.39

0.72

 

 Minimum

0.31

0.25

 

 Maximum

1.63

2.78

 

 Range

1.33

2.53

 

Abundance per area

 Mean

11.31

12

p = 0.700

 Median

10.75

10.81

 

 Variance

21.08

30.03

 

 Std. deviation

4.59

5.45

 

 Minimum

4.67

3.37

 

 Maximum

19.39

22.31

 

 Range

14.72

18.95

 

Relative occurrence

 Mean

17.71

16.73

p = 0.536

 Median

17.26

13.6

 

 Std. deviation

5.63

7.07

 

 Minimum

9.42

6.69

 

 Maximum

30.49

28.82

 

 Range

21.08

22.18

 

Relative abundance

 Mean

6.25

6.25

p = 1.000

 Median

6.16

4.23

 

 Std. deviation

2.8

4.22

 

 Minimum

1.99

1.12

 

 Maximum

10.28

15.35

 

 Range

8.29

14.23