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Table 2 Definition of subject, intervention, outcomes and comparator

From: Does land abandonment decrease species richness and abundance of plants and animals in Mediterranean pastures, arable lands and permanent croplands?

Subject population

Exposure

Outcomes

Comparator

Plant and animal populations that may change with land abandonment

Abandonment of farming

Change in species richness or abundance

Control plots on adjacent farmland that has not been abandoned (“space-for-time substitution”) or Control plots on farmland before abandonment (“before-after comparisons”)