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. 2011 May 18;6(5):e19502. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019502

Table 2. Pearson correlations (r-values) between response variables of the 60 study locations in 30 fields.

Vegetation cover Pollinator species richness Pollinator abundance Aphid abundance Predator abundance Predator-prey ratio
Plant species richness 0.72**** 0.73**** 0.77**** −0.52**** 0.60**** 0.53****
Vegetation cover 0.77**** 0.83**** −0.65**** 0.56**** 0.79****
Pollinator species richness 0.98**** −0.75**** 0.49*** 0.60****
Pollinator abundance −0.75**** 0.52**** 0.66****
Aphid abundance −0.21 ns −0.56****
Predator abundance 0.59****

Variables are transformed (see statistical analyses).

Significance levels:

****P<0.0001;

***P<0.001;

n.s. = not significant.