Table 6.

Main parameters contributing to the first three principal components of the food type analysis

Principal component
ParameterPC1 (33%)PC2 (25%)PC3 (8%)
PC1    
    Gape period 0.970 0.168 0.017 
    Head elevation period 0.970 0.135 0.012 
    Head elevation moment 0.968 0.166 0.002 
    Food period 0.968 -0.062 0.019 
    Food 2 moment 0.965 0.136 0.027 
    Gape 2 moment 0.963 0.219 0.025 
    Lower bill 2 moment 0.963 0.209 0.059 
    Lower bill period 0.959 0.164 -0.023 
    Difference head elevation 0.741 -0.617 -0.145 
    Gape 1 0.734 -0.462 -0.088 
PC2    
    Gape 2 -0.052 0.914 0.051 
    Neck neck moment 0.361 0.885 0.072 
    Neck neck period 0.364 0.877 0.085 
    Throat moment 0.421 0.860 0.168 
    Gape level 0.200 0.829 -0.073 
    Lower bill at Gape 2 -0.482 0.804 0.203 
    Head X moment 0.514 0.748 0.017 
    Lower bill level -0.142 0.721 0.410 
PC3    
    Prokinesis at Gape 2 0.034 -0.154 0.744 
    Prokinesis at Gape 1 -0.429 0.143 0.639 
    Lower bill at Gape 1 -0.041 -0.004 0.513 
    Rhynchokinesis at Gape 2 -0.107 -0.474 
    Prokinesis level -0.635 0.089 0.469 
    Difference neck neck 0.230 0.390 0.437 
    Food level s.d0.028 -0.298 -0.427 
    Food level 0.457 -0.317 -0.419 
Principal component
ParameterPC1 (33%)PC2 (25%)PC3 (8%)
PC1    
    Gape period 0.970 0.168 0.017 
    Head elevation period 0.970 0.135 0.012 
    Head elevation moment 0.968 0.166 0.002 
    Food period 0.968 -0.062 0.019 
    Food 2 moment 0.965 0.136 0.027 
    Gape 2 moment 0.963 0.219 0.025 
    Lower bill 2 moment 0.963 0.209 0.059 
    Lower bill period 0.959 0.164 -0.023 
    Difference head elevation 0.741 -0.617 -0.145 
    Gape 1 0.734 -0.462 -0.088 
PC2    
    Gape 2 -0.052 0.914 0.051 
    Neck neck moment 0.361 0.885 0.072 
    Neck neck period 0.364 0.877 0.085 
    Throat moment 0.421 0.860 0.168 
    Gape level 0.200 0.829 -0.073 
    Lower bill at Gape 2 -0.482 0.804 0.203 
    Head X moment 0.514 0.748 0.017 
    Lower bill level -0.142 0.721 0.410 
PC3    
    Prokinesis at Gape 2 0.034 -0.154 0.744 
    Prokinesis at Gape 1 -0.429 0.143 0.639 
    Lower bill at Gape 1 -0.041 -0.004 0.513 
    Rhynchokinesis at Gape 2 -0.107 -0.474 
    Prokinesis level -0.635 0.089 0.469 
    Difference neck neck 0.230 0.390 0.437 
    Food level s.d0.028 -0.298 -0.427 
    Food level 0.457 -0.317 -0.419 

For PC1 and PC2, only parameters with loadings higher than 0.7 are selected; for PC3, parameters with loadings higher than 0.4 are selected. Percentages indicate the explained variance on each PC.

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