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Table 1 Loading and communality scores (h 2) for two principal components (PC) describing variance across heat flux four sensor sites

From: Estimating total body heat dissipation in air and water from skin surface heat flux telemetry in Weddell seals

Sensor

Loading scores

h 2

PC1

PC2

Head

0.58

0.28

0.42

Neck

0.85

0.00

0.72

Axilla

0.08

0.97

0.96

Flank

0.76

0.04

0.57

Proportion explained

61 %

39 %

 

Eigenvalues

1.74

0.92

 
  1. Principal components analysis was performed with varimax orthogonal rotation. Sensor sites with loading scores >0.40 within a principal component were considered highly associated with that component and are indicated in italics
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Animal Biotelemetry

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