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Table 2 Principal components analysis of salamander physiology

From: Developmental dynamics of Ambystoma tigrinum in a changing landscape

 

PC1

PC2

PC3

PC4

PC5

PC6

PC7

PC8

Snout vent length

-0.3671

-0.1264

0.1101

-0.2088

0.0598

-0.3813

0.7488

-0.2897

Average front leg length

-0.3616

-0.1704

0.4020

-0.1325

0.3608

-0.0167

0.0585

-0.7261

Average rear leg length

-0.3622

-0.1919

0.3677

-0.0349

0.2899

0.3445

0.3381

0.5980

Tail length

-0.3553

-0.1429

0.2964

0.3521

-0.7942

0.0573

0.0186

-0.0841

Tail height

-0.3014

0.9390

0.1230

0.0522

0.0393

0.0789

-0.0434

0.0024

Tail width

-0.3533

-0.1059

-0.4626

0.7332

0.3285

-0.0410

-0.0454

-0.0286

Head width

-0.3652

0.0184

-0.2859

-0.2983

-0.1181

-0.6130

0.5482

0.0733

Body width

-0.3579

-0.0669

-0.5407

-0.4294

-0.1676

0.5725

-0.1298

-0.1339

Standard Deviation

2.6800

0.6253

0.3926

0.3232

0.3052

0.1790

0.1524

0.1431

Proportion of Variance

0.8980

0.0489

0.0193

0.0131

0.0116

0.0040

0.0029

0.0026

  1. Loadings, standard deviations and proportion of variances of eight principal components. The largest loading factors for each component are shown in bold.