Importance of latrine communication in European rabbits shifts along a rural–to–urban gradient

BMC Ecology

Table 2 Degree of urbanity and rabbit population dynamics

	Axis loading
(a) Urbanization-related variables
Proportion of artificial ground cover at each study site	0.84
Numbers of anthropogenic objects per ha at each study site	0.93
Intensity of disturbance by humans and leashed/unleashed dogs min⁻¹ ha⁻¹	0.97
Numbers of human residents located within a radius of 500 m	0.96
(b) Variables related to population dynamics
Population density	0.89
Burrow density	0.94
Social group size	−0.58

Axis loadings of two separated principal component analyses on variables related to (a) urbanization effects (explaining 85.9 % of the total variance) and (b) rabbit population dynamics, respectively (explaining 66.7 % of the total variance)

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