Table 4.

Spearman correlation coefficients (r _s) for all elements detected in white-tailed eagles. Strengths of significant correlations (P < 0.05): bolded—high correlation (r _s = |0.71–0.90|), underlined—moderate correlation (r _s = |0.51–0.70|), and italicized—low correlation (r _s = |0.31–0.50|) (according to Hinkle et al. 2003)

Element	K	S	Na	Ca	Sc	Cd	Cr	Cu	Fe	Hg	Mg	Mn	Pb	Se	Sr	V	Zn
K	1.00	0.51	0.25	−0.04	0.00	0.70	0.55	−0.08	0.74	0.05	0.75	0.58	0.60	−0.69	0.31	0.40	0.62
S	0.51	1.00	0.39	0.16	0.25	0.18	0.16	0.38	0.43	0.37	0.56	0.57	0.46	−0.65	0.21	0.38	0.28
Na	0.25	0.39	1.00	−0.53	0.24	0.01	−0.02	0.37	0.39	0.04	0.26	0.31	0.40	−0.12	−0.29	0.38	0.10
Ca	−0.04	0.16	−0.53	1.00	−0.25	0.34	0.07	−0.49	0.03	−0.06	−0.08	−0.32	0.08	−0.46	0.72	0.15	0.26
Sc	0.00	0.25	0.24	−0.25	1.00	−0.14	0.03	0.24	−0.08	0.13	0.08	0.43	−0.11	0.06	−0.25	−0.19	−0.21
Cd	0.70	0.18	0.01	0.34	−0.14	1.00	0.58	−0.52	0.79	0.01	0.56	0.26	0.64	−0.62	0.66	0.27	0.75
Cr	0.55	0.16	−0.02	0.07	0.03	0.58	1.00	0.13	0.60	0.01	0.81	0.34	0.41	−0.37	0.58	0.09	0.71
Cu	−0.08	0.38	0.37	−0.49	0.24	−0.52	0.13	1.00	−0.05	0.27	0.29	0.37	−0.13	0.19	−0.32	−0.11	−0.07
Fe	0.74	0.43	0.39	0.03	−0.08	0.79	0.60	−0.05	1.00	0.14	0.69	0.33	0.81	−0.58	0.45	0.29	0.80
Hg	0.05	0.37	0.04	−0.06	0.13	0.01	0.01	0.27	0.14	1.00	0.19	0.41	0.46	−0.06	−0.02	−0.47	−0.21
Mg	0.75	0.56	0.26	−0.08	0.08	0.56	0.81	0.29	0.69	0.19	1.00	0.66	0.56	−0.54	0.43	0.29	0.64
Mn	0.58	0.57	0.31	−0.32	0.43	0.26	0.34	0.37	0.33	0.41	0.66	1.00	0.33	−0.41	−0.10	0.05	0.12
Pb	0.60	0.46	0.40	0.08	−0.11	0.64	0.41	−0.13	0.81	0.46	0.56	0.33	1.00	−0.64	0.30	0.18	0.42
Se	−0.69	−0.65	−0.12	−0.46	0.06	−0.62	−0.37	0.19	−0.58	−0.06	−0.54	−0.41	−0.64	1.00	−0.46	−0.48	−0.52
Sr	0.31	0.21	−0.29	0.72	−0.25	0.66	0.58	−0.32	0.45	−0.02	0.43	−0.10	0.30	−0.46	1.00	0.21	0.70
V	0.40	0.38	0.38	0.15	−0.19	0.27	0.09	−0.11	0.29	−0.47	0.29	0.05	0.18	−0.48	0.21	1.00	0.45
Zn	0.62	0.28	0.10	0.26	−0.21	0.75	0.71	−0.07	0.80	−0.21	0.64	0.12	0.42	−0.52	0.70	0.45	1.00