Table 2. Summary of a priori models based on resource selection functions that predict the probability that a breeding Ring-billed gull will forage in a patch (200-m radius) for a 100-s residence time threshold.
Model | Deviance | K | ΔAICc | wi |
H+D+B | 7,891 | 26 | 0.00 | 0.813 |
H+D+R+B | 7,886 | 30 | 2.94 | 0.187 |
H+D | 7,940 | 19 | 35.06 | 0.000 |
H+D+R | 7,936 | 23 | 38.63 | 0.000 |
H+B | 8,466 | 18 | 558.98 | 0.000 |
H+R+B | 8,459 | 22 | 560.26 | 0.000 |
H | 8,533 | 11 | 611.33 | 0.000 |
H+R | 8,527 | 15 | 613.67 | 0.000 |
H: habitat types; D: distance between a location and the colony; R: mean daily rainfall; B: breeding stage (egg incubation vs. chick rearing); K: number of parameters; wi: Akaike weight.