Farmer survey wildlife value orientation & crop damage tolerance

Compensation is a common strategy to alleviate financial losses caused by wildlife, but its effects on farmers’ tolerance towards damage to crops caused by wildlife are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted semi-structured interviews in three areas in and around Biosphere Reserves in Sweden and Germany to examine farmers’ appraisals of wildlife-related crop damage and their evaluation of financial compensation in relation to crop damage prevention measures. We found that tolerated yield loss was higher and more variable with compensation compared to a scenario without compensation. Yet, also under a scenario of full financial compensation, farmers tolerated a median of less than 10% yield loss. Using an environmental stress model, our analysis revealed that farmers' perception of crop damage risk was influenced by their experience with wildlife and crop damage, their coping appraisals (e.g., accessibility of prevention measures and compensation), and individual ..., In January and March 2019, 37 semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted in and in the vicinity of the two Biosphere reserves Schaalsee in Germany (study areas S-SH and S-MV) and Kristianstad Vattenrike Sweden (study area KV).
To evaluate the univariate relationships between stated tolerance levels with and without compensation, I performed non-parametric tests using the statistical software R (version 4.1.3; (R Development Core Team, 2007)., , # Farmer Survey Wildlife value orientation & Crop Damage Tolerance

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kwh70rz6v](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kwh70rz6v)

## Description of the data and file structure

The data was collected in 2019 using face-to face semi-structured interviews with 37 farmers operating in and in the vicinity of the Biosphere Reserves Schaalsee, Germany and Kristianstad Vattenrike, Sweden. 

### Files and variables

#### File: Data\_farmersurvey.xlsx

**Description:** full list of closed questions and answers included in the semi-structured interview

**Description:** Data are taken from structured interviews with a random sample of farmers in and around the Biosphere Reserve Areas Schaalsee in Germany and Kristianstads Vattenrike, Sweden. Selection of respondents is described in the article Hemminger et al. (2025): **Farmers' Tolerance for Crop Damage Caused by Wildlife: The Role of Compensation** *Wildlife Biology* WLB-2023-01243.R2

##### Variables:  

NA: responde...,