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Table 1 Rotated factor patterns testing for behavioural differences between larval instars (2nd, 3rd and 4th) of An. gambiae M and S molecular forms

From: Behavioural responses of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto M and S molecular form larvae to an aquatic predator in Burkina Faso

 

Principal component (eigenvalue)

Variables

PC1 (2.81)

PC2 (2.02)

PC3 (1.67)

Bottom

0.84

-0.11

0.02

Browsing

0.89

-0.1

0.03

Filtering

-0.35

-0.02

-0.93

Middle

0.76

0.13

0.08

Resting

-0.13

-0.06

0.98

Surface

-0.11

0.98

-0.03

Thrashing

0.62

0.3

0.09

Wall

-0.19

-0.96

0.02

  1. Values greater than 0.40 (in bold) represent strong factor loading contributions for each principal component [43]. High positive scores on PC1 indicated that larvae allocated more time to browsing at the bottom of the container and thrashing in the middle compared to other behaviours. A large positive score on PC2 indicated that larvae spent more time at the surface and a negative score indicated more time spent at the wall. A high positive score on PC3 indicated more time spent resting as opposed to filtering