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Peter B. Pearman, Mike R. Penskar, Edward H. Schools, and Helen D. Endander. 2006. Identifying potential indicators of conservation value using Natural Heritage occurrence data. Ecological Applications 16:186–201.

Appendix F. Principal-components analysis results. Analysis of number of occurrences of indicator species in five groups. Data are from records of the indicator species in the 942 Michigan townships that had at least one occurrence of a potential indicator, as recorded in the Michigan Natural Heritage database as of June 2003.

Eigenvalues

         
 

Eigenvalue

Difference

Proportion

Cumulative

 

1

2.124

0.517

0.425

0.425

 

2

1.608

0.980

0.321

0.746

 

3

0.628

0.114

0.125

0.872

 

4

0.514

0.387

0.102

0.975

 

5

0.126

 

0.025

1.00

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Eigenvectors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PC1

PC2

PC3

PC4

PC5

Criterion

 
 
 
 
 

Pooled

0.620

0.084

-0.420

-0.126

-0.645

Wetland

0.287

0.607

-0.217

0.598

0.380

Forest

0.277

0.554

0.527

-0.572

0.107

Natural areas

0.443

-0.342

0.667

0.470

-0.146

Communities

0.510

-0.447

-0.231

-0.280

0.638



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