Question

Birds and mammal damage to crops is significantly higher in field closer to forest patches

Answer 1

yes
it is higher at the field closer to the forest patches

Answer 2

The statement mentioned in the question is completely true.

That the,birds and mammal damage to crops is significantly higher in field closer to forest patches.

Because,

1)forest is the main living place of animals and birds.

2)due to the lack of food in forest nowadays due to the tree cutting procedures,wild animals often attcak and destroys fields for searching the food.

for these reasons the statement mentioned above is completely true.