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. 2013 Oct 1;3(12):4278–4289. doi: 10.1002/ece3.825

Table 1.

List of the variables recorded for the microhabitat analysis along with a brief description of how they were recorded. Loadings correspond to correlation coefficients between principal components and variables, respectively (importance cutoff limit: 0.2). Numbers 1–9 correspond to the arrows 1–9 in Fig. 5

Loadings

Habitat variable Description PC1 PC2 PC3
1. Lower shrubbery layer (1.5–3 m) % of vegetation in this layer 0.559 −0.038 0.272
2. Upper shrubbery layer (3–5 m) % of vegetation in this layer 0.516 0.277 0.253
3. Crown layer (above 5 m) % of vegetation in this layer 0.035 0.593 0.341
4. Nettle (Urtica dioica) covering % of vegetation covered by nettles −0.054 0.324 0.339
5. Bramble (Rubus sp.) covering % of vegetation covered by brambles −0.059 −0.010 0.116
6. Number of ivy (Hedera helix) trees Number of trees covered in ivy 0.189 0.528 0.318
7. Blooming shrubs % of blooming individuals in shrubbery layer 0.390 0.209 0.121
8. Blooming herbs % of blooming individuals in herbaceous layer 0.424 0.323 0.315
9. Disturbance % of the territory that is disturbed (e.g., proximity to highways, noise, walking paths) 0.214 −0.197 0.634