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Table 1 Variable loadings and proportion of the variance explained by the first three principal components

From: Subtle sexual plumage color dimorphism and size dimorphism in a South American colonial breeder, the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Variable

PC1

PC2

PC3

Bill length

0.428

0.108

0.398

Bill width

0.385

0.402

< 0.001

Bill height

0.429

0.265

‒ 0.508

Total weight

0.336

0.432

0.163

Wing length

0.380

‒ 0.444

‒ 0.165

Total length

0.338

‒ 0.435

0.578

Tarsus length

0.338

‒ 0.428

‒ 0.442

Proportion of the variance explained

0.395

0.218

0.110