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Fig. 4

From: Selection of scenarios for landscape-level risk assessment of chemicals: case studies for mammals

Fig. 4

Illustration of how the proportion of offcrop changes when landscape squares are increased. a In this landscape a small offcrop was included in the middle of the landscape, when increasing landscape size population survival deteriorated, since when retreating in the offcrop in winter (when vegetation cover was lacking in fields) animals had more difficulties finding offcrop. b In most landscapes, the size of offcrop in landscape squares was restricted by the spatial limits of the landscape square. In reality, offcrop was usually much larger and when increasing landscape size population survival increased due to more offcrop being available

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