Table 2. Model selection tables examining the effect of age and breeding experience on activity characteristics of wandering albatross foraging trips, birds tracked during the incubation period of 2012.

	∆AIC compared to best model
	Landing rate	Landing rate >12s	Wet time	Landing rate day	Wet time day	Landing rate night	Wet time night
Sample size	39	39	39	37	37	37	37
Age Class * Sex	2.69	3.89	0.52	7.14	2.12	2.55	0.00
First Breeding Attempt * Sex	2.39	3.31	1.87	1.44	1.47	3.24	1.01
Breeding Experience * Sex	0.00	0.00	3.70	3.40	4.94	0.00	2.02
Age Class + Sex	4.15	5.53	1.35	6.81	1.24	2.77	4.79
First Breeding Attempt + Sex	0.40	1.31	2.26	0.00	1.05	2.28	5.75
Breeding Experience + Sex	1.99	2.72	3.22	1.91	2.83	4.22	6.62
Sex	6.27	8.56	1.66	8.83	0.36	0.82	3.81
Age Class	7.89	8.12	0.00	9.27	0.67	10.60	2.80
First Breeding Attempt	4.30	4.03	0.71	2.82	0.19	9.99	3.78
Breeding Experience	5.95	5.51	1.78	4.68	2.00	11.98	4.66
Null	9.68	10.84	0.35	11.55	0.00	8.81	1.88

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).