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Table 4 Behaviors with medium or high repeatability (R ≥ 2) displayed by eastern bent-wing bats in tunnel-box and flight-tent tests, and the respective PC loadings, cumulative variance explained, and eigenvalues (λ) shown under each behavioral category.

From: Context-specific variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats

Behavior/setting

Tunnel-box

Flight-tent

Boldness

  

 Emergence/departure latency

0.90

0.86

 Corner emergence latency

0.90

 

 Pass latency

 

0.86

Variance (%)

80.36

73.21

λ

1.61

1.46

Activity

  

 % time climbing/flying

0.95

0.95

 Distance climbed

0.98

 

 Area climbed

0.96

 

 Total circling

 

0.97

 Total pass

 

0.65

Variance (%)

92.40

75.60

λ

2.77

2.27

Exploration

  

 Climbing speed

0.82

 

 Climbing efficiency

0.82

 

 Circling rate

 

0.86

 Pass rate

 

0.61

 Call duration

 

0.67

Variance (%)

66.98

51.64

λ

1.34

1.55