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. 2016 Mar 22;11(3):e0151340. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151340

Table 2. Mean foraging trip characteristics and trophic and spatial ecology parameters of Macaronesian shearwaters from Cima Islet (Porto Santo, N = 14 yearly trips) and Selvagem Grande (N = 9 yearly trips).

Breeding Non-breeding
Cima Islet Selvagem Grande Cima Islet Selvagem Grande
Foraging trip characteristics
Trip duration (d) 9.4 ± 3.7 4.8 ± 2.2
Proportion of daytime on the water surface (%) 19.5 ± 5.5 21.4 ± 7.2 53.0 ± 7.5 62.8 ± 8.0
Proportion of nighttime on the water surface (%) 11.7 ± 4.7 17.9 ± 5.8 59.2 ± 4.8 79.9 ± 5.7
Spatial ecology parameters
HR overlaps within populations (%) 85.2 ± 8.3 91.3 ± 6.2 68.2 ± 7.7 95.3 ± 9.4
FR overlaps within populations (%) 86.4 ± 3.2 88.5 ± 9.3 53.2 ± 8.9 85.1 ± 11.1
HR overlaps among populations (%) 83.1 ± 4.2 52.1 ± 5.2
FR overlaps among populations (%) 79.6 ± 5.2 7.8 ± 1.1
Habitat of foraging areas (50% Kernel UD)
Bathymetry (BAT; m) 556 ± 123 456 ± 166 1648 ± 230 409 ± 106
Sea Surface Temperature (SST; °C) 18.5 ± 0.9 19.9 ± 1.9 15.7 ± 0.5 18.3 ± 1.6
Chlorophyll a concentration (CHL; mg m-3) 1.09 ± 0.35 1.22 ± 0.56 0.21 ± 0.15 1.22 ± 0.56
Wind speed (WSPD; m s-1) 8.4 ± 1.6 9.0 ± 2.8 14.5 ± 1.9 10.3 ± 1.5
Distance to colony (DCOL; m) 665 ±248 389 ±105 2110 ± 598 410 ±105