Table 1. Model selection tables examining the effect of age and breeding experience on characteristics of wandering albatross foraging trips, birds tracked during the incubation period of 2012.

	∆AIC compared to best model
	Trip duration	Trip distance	Mean speed	Max dist from col	Bearing	Inflection latitude	Inflection longitude	Day ptp speed	Night ptp speed
Sample size	40	35	35	38	38	38	38	35	35
Age Class * Sex	3.88	4.57	4.94	4.88	1.86	2.56	1.08	4.88	3.52
First Breeding Attempt * Sex	0.39	3.21	4.64	2.98	5.47	0.00	4.58	4.75	3.36
Breeding Experience * Sex	2.42	6.69	8.08	4.48	4.93	2.32	4.93	7.19	6.66
Age Class + Sex	1.90	2.61	3.41	3.21	0.00	1.02	0.02	3.50	2.09
First Breeding Attempt + Sex	1.00	2.66	2.67	2.23	3.71	2.03	2.62	2.80	1.95
Breeding Experience + Sex	2.90	4.51	4.66	4.22	1.80	3.02	2.02	4.59	3.36
Sex	0.00	0.67	1.89	1.97	2.47	0.60	2.04	1.52	2.46
Age Class	4.15	1.88	1.48	1.26	1.06	9.03	0.00	1.96	0.17
First Breeding Attempt	3.34	2.00	0.74	0.28	4.23	9.59	2.29	1.22	0.00
Breeding Experience	5.24	3.78	2.73	2.26	2.87	11.02	2.00	3.06	1.44
Null	2.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.86	7.92	1.56	0.00	0.47

The best model in each case is highlighted in italics (where ∆AIC = 0). The most parsimonious model in each case is highlighted in bold (where ∆AIC<2 compared to the best model).