Table 1.
List of plant functional traits used as predictors in generalized mixed effects models, with abbreviations, data source and relevance for explaining root herbivore abundance.
Table 2.
Root feeding insect s.
Table 3.
Mean values (calculated from original values) of and effects (generalized linear mixed effect models, calculated from z-standardized predictors) of community-weighted mean traits, soil core- and vegetation parameters on insect root herbivore abundance.
Table 4.
Effects (generalized linear mixed effect models, calculated from z-standardized predictors) of community-weighted mean traits, soil core- and vegetation parameters on abundance of Elaterid larvae.
Fig 1.
Average mantel correlation coefficients.
over all investigated sites with standard deviation for a) plant communities, b) trait composition and c) insect root herbivore abundance. Mantel correlograms for individual sites are given in the supplementary material.