Heidi Iren Saure

4. Results and Discussion 4.1. Construct Averages The regression analysis was conducted based on the single dependent variable Application of digital tools in future (AT). The results based on the single variable was also compared to the results of the constructs to further validate the AT construct as an indicator of the respondents’ expected use of digital tools in future work.

Introduction Coastal heathlands are semi-natural landscapes found along the Atlantic coast of Europe from Portugal in the south to Nordland county in Norway in the north (Webb 1998a, Kaland and Kvamme 2013). These are open, treeless lowland areas dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris Hull (hereafter referred to as Calluna) and other dwarf-shrubs that thrive on acid and nutrient-poor soils (Gimingham 1992, Halvorsen et al. 2015).

Data analysis Species richness is measured as mean species number per sample plot, and was calculated for plant functional groups (herbs, ericaceous species, woody species, graminoids and bryophytes). Mean frequency (0–16) per plot (1 m2) of a species or functional plant group is used as a measure of abundance. Functional group frequency is mean sum of frequency (0–16) of all species within each functional group per sample plot.