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.