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. 2019 Dec 2;14(12):e0225852. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225852

Table 1. (A) Bee community and (B) functional group response to urbanization, temperature, floral resources, and farm size.

Response Variable Parameters Multiple R2 Estimate SE F DF P
A. Community level
Total bee abundance Urbanization (1500m) 0.171 0.124 0.587 0.044 (1,12) 0.837
Bloom cover 0.021 0.013 2.432 (1,12) 0.145
Bee species richness Urbanization (500 m) 0.363 0.254 0.174 2.121 (1,12) 0.171
Plant species richness 0.006 0.003 5.468 (1,12) 0.038 *
Bee evenness Urbanization (1000m) 0.472 0.070 0.022 10.395 (1,12) 0.007 *
Plant species richness 0.001 0.001 1.425 (1,12) 0.339
Bee diversity Urbanization (500m) 0.486 0.617 0.223 7.658 (1,12) 0.017 *
Plant species richness 0.007 0.003 5.121 (1,12) 0.043 *
B. Functional groups
Native bees Urbanization (1000m) 0.186 0.244 0.125 0.169 (1,12) 0.688
Total bloom cover 0.019 0.012 1.900 (1,12) 0.193
Exotic Bees Urbanization (500m) 0.666 3.908 0.820 22.684 (1,12) < 0.001 ***
Total bloom cover 0.039 0.018 4.771 (1,12) 0.050 *
Ground-nesting bees Urbanization (1000m) 0.420 1.024 0.550 3.472 (1,12) 0.087
Total bloom cover 0.019 0.013 2.378 (1,12) 0.149
Above-ground nesting bees Urbanization (500m) 0.345 2.643 1.161 5.177 (1,12) 0.042 *
Plant species richness 0.023 0.017 1.844 (1,12 0.199
Solitary bees Urbanization (1500m) 0.361 2.211 0.851 6.743 (1,12) 0.023 *
Total bloom cover 0.009 0.020 0.218 (1,12) 0.649
Eusocial bees Urbanization (1000m) 0.596 1.348 0.529 6.505 (1,12) 0.025 *
Total bloom cover 0.028 0.012 5.380 (1,12) 0.039 *
Generalist bees Urbanization (1500m) 0.206 0.050 0.624 0.007 (1,12) 0.937
Total bloom cover 0.025 0.014 2.956 (1,12) 0.111
Specialist bees Urbanization (500m) 0.171 1.290 0.860 2.248 (1,12) 0.160
Plant species richness 0.004 0.013 0.082 (1,12) 0.779

Response variables were ln(x + 1) transformed for analyses. Multiple R2 values are reported for whole models. Model parameter significance is indicated as:

* P < 0.05,

*** P < 0.001.