Table 2.

Summary of models predicting abundance of Aphis fabae (BB) and Acyrthosiphon pisum (PA) and the occurrence of predators and ants found on colonies of each aphid species as response variables, and proportion of habitat types, plant richness and aphid species, predators and ants as explanatory variables.

Model ID	AIC	Response variable	Explanatory variable	Coefficient value ± SE	P
1	304.6	PA aphid	Intercept	1.103 ± 0.196	0.0000
			Presence of predators	0.556 ± 0.090	0.0000
			Proportion of buildings	0.549 ± 0.346	0.1152
2	279.4	BB aphid	Intercept	1.862 ± 0.185	0.0000
			Presence of predators	0.188 ± 0.078	0.0165
			Presence of ants	0.440 ± 0.078	0.0000
			Plant richness	−0.003 ± 0.002	0.1151
			Proportion of buildings	0.557 ± 0.316	0.0796
3	182.9	PA predators	Intercept	−1.101 ± 0.551	0.0457
			PA aphid	1.664 ± 0.551	0.0000
			Presence of ants	−1.341 ± 0.502	0.0076
			Proportion of buildings	−3.320 ± 1.743	0.0568
4	212.2	BB predators	Intercept	0.342 ± 0.638	0.5920
			BB aphid	0.790 ± 0.316	0.0124
			Presence of ants	−1.119 ± 0.407	0.0060
			Proportion of roads	−2.120 ± 0.926	0.0221
5	163.3	PA ants	Intercept	−1.545 ± 0.420	0.0002
			Presence of predators	−1.147 ± 0.450	0.0108
			Proportion of buildings	5.169 ± 1.682	0.0021
6	185.9	BB ants	Intercept	−6.627 ± 1.229	0.0000
			BB aphid	2.087 ± 0.419	0.0000
			Presence of predators	−0.888 ± 0.408	0.0294
			Plant richness	0.036 ± 0.011	0.0015
			Proportion of roads	2.042 ± 1.013	0.0438

AIC values for each model are given. Models with significant explanatory factors are shown in bold.