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<p>Percentage contribution of ecological and structural variables to the first two axes of the Principal Component Analysis (PCA).</p>
Diego Garcia Castillo (25157692)
Cell Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Ecology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Plant Biology
type vegetation density
scale environmental gradients
realized niche breadth
interspecific niche partitioning
integrating hemispherical photography
excluding others according
114 colonies across
strong ecological filter
generalist ecological strategies
ecological niche breadth
principal component analysis
narrower edaphic dispersion
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cutter ants respond
alongside macroclimatic data
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cutter ants
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ecological consequences
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principal axes
microclimatic data
macroclimatic conditions
edaphic profiles
woody ecosystems
wider range
warmer micro
use change
urban areas
regional transect
previous reports
predominantly associated
neotropical leaf
mound architecture
microhabitat conditions
generalism vs
findings suggest
colombian andes
canopy areas
anthropogenic filters
<p>Variables are ordered by their contribution to PC1. High contributions on PC1 reflect local vegetation density and canopy architecture, whereas high loadings on PC2 differentiate colony dimensions (mound area and shape ratio) and chemical soil properties (pH).</p> <p>(DOCX)</p>
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10.1371/journal.pone.0351518.s006
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