Table 2. Results of the multivariate analyses (RDA with forward selection) of interdependence between plant pollinator densities at each given plot.

plant	no. of plots with >4 pollinators recorded	meadow/verge	DCA of all flowering plants		plant species abundances selected	variability explained
			1st axis	2nd axis
Angelica sylvestris	9	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Centaurea jacea	30	-	n.s.	n.s.	Centaurea (0.0064); Hypericum (0.0650)	21.9%
Hypericum spp.	17	-	n.s.	n.s.	Hypericum (0.0014)	27.5%
Ranunculus acris	31	-	0.0048	n.s.	Ranunculus (0.0002); Sanguisorba (0.0214)	49.9%
Sanguisorba officinalis	19	-	n.s.	0.0964	Sanguisorba (0.0008)	46.0%
Selinum carvifolia	10	-	n.s.	n.s.	Selinum (0.0544)
Succisa pratensis	12	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Trifolium hybridum	17	-	n.s.	n.s.	Ranunculus (0.0418)	18.7%

Significant variables (p<0.05) given in bold, marginally significant (p<0.1) given in regular font, “-” denotes variable not included in forward selection (for details see Materials and Methods), variability explained – sum of varibiality in pollinator spectra explained by significant terms