Table 1 Loadings and proportion of total variation explained by the first two principal components of a PCA on plumage

From: Dissection by genomic and plumage variation of a geographically complex hybrid zone between two Australian non-sister parrot species, Platycercus adscitus and Platycercus eximius

 

All characteristics

No rump

 

PC1

PC2

PC1

PC2

Head

−0.41467

−0.18248

−0.45881

0.251218

Cheek patch

−0.35569

0.932504

−0.3821

−0.92093

Chest

−0.41984

−0.12315

−0.46311

0.137698

Upper abdomen

−0.42407

−0.12605

−0.46715

0.178929

Lower abdomen

−0.41959

−0.17329

−0.45912

0.194434

Rump

−0.41155

−0.18987

NA

NA

% Total variation

90.29%

6.03%

89.14%

8.23%

  1. Data is presented for the PCA including all characteristics (n = 87) and excluding rump colour (n = 94)
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