Table 4. Results of the Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS-R) explaining the effects of several gastrointestinal parasite species on body condition in adult female Dall’s sheep (n = 39).
| Component 1 | Component 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | % Variance explained | Weight | % Variance explained | |
| Parasite species | ||||
| Nematodirus andersoni | -0.399 | 15.94 | -0.065 | 0.43 |
| Nematodirus davtiani | -0.103 | 1.06 | 0.267 | 7.12 |
| Nematodirus oiratianus interruptus | -0.154 | 2.38 | 0.251 | 6.30 |
| Nematodirus spathiger | 0.034 | 0.11 | 0.553 | 30.63 |
| Trichuris schumakovitschi | -0.343 | 11.77 | -0.083 | 0.68 |
| Skrjabinema ovis | -0.211 | 4.44 | -0.255 | 6.54 |
| Moniezia sp. | -0.171 | 2.91 | 0.211 | 4.48 |
| Trichostrongylus spp. | -0.145 | 2.12 | 0.290 | 8.41 |
| Marshallagia marshalli | -0.701 | 49.25 | -0.737 | 54.28 |
| Age | -0.161 | 2.58 | -0.170 | 2.89 |
| Parasite diversity | -0.253 | 6.44 | 0.173 | 2.99 |
| Pregnancy | 0.095 | 0.91 | -0.225 | 5.07 |
| R2 | 0.232 | 0.080 | ||
Weights of each variable in the first and second PLS-R components and R2 representing the variance in the response variable accounted for in each component in the PLS-R.