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Table 2 Factor loadings of Principal Components.

From: Responses of five small mammal species to micro-scale variations in vegetation structure in secondary Atlantic Forest remnants, Brazil

 

PC1

PC2

PC3

Eigenvalue

2.37

1.44

1.09

Variance explained

33.88

20.51

15.50

cumulative Variance

33.88

54.39

69.89

Canopy cover

-0.11

-0.09

0.96

Canopy height

-0.69

0.02

0.24

Vegetation density 0 – 0.5 m

0.80

-0.23

-0.05

Vegetation density 0.5 – 1.5 m

0.87

0.12

-0.03

Vegetation density 1.5 – 3 m

0.69

0.42

0.17

Amount of Bamboo

0.03

0.75

0.08

Amount of horizontal structures

-0.02

0.78

-0.28

  1. Eigenvalues, variance explained and correlations (factor loadings) between the three principal components and vegetation characteristics.
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