Table 1 Factor loadings on the two acoustic dimensions calculated from the acoustic parameters describing juvenile calls.

From: Size does matter: crocodile mothers react more to the voice of smaller offspring

Acoustic parameters

Acoustic Dimension AD1 (% of variance = 55.4%)

Acoustic Dimension AD2 (% of variance = 19.1%)

mean pitch (Hz)

−0.188

0.946

start pitch (Hz)

−0.720

0.577

max pitch (Hz)

−0.702

0.597

min pitch (Hz)

0.607

0.591

end pitch (Hz)

0.603

0.574

maximal frequency (Hz)

0.911

0.025

Q25 (Hz)

0.909

0.041

Q75 (Hz)

0.976

0.013

IQR (Hz)

0.807

−0.029

cent (Hz)

0.970

0.011

skewness

−0.531

−0.316

kurtosis

−0.371

−0.337

sfm

0.898

−0.052

  1. The first principal component is mainly related to the distribution of energy among the frequency spectrum. The second principal component is mainly related to the mean pitch of the calls.