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Table 2 Numbers and proportions of western gull foraging behavior by gull numbers and by numbers of trips

From: Population-level plasticity in foraging behavior of western gulls (Larus occidentalis)

Trip type

Number of gulls

% of gulls

Number of Trips

% of trips

Ocean only

17

27.9

60

21.7

Land only

16

26.2

44

16.0

Mixed

28

45.9

172

62.3

Totals

61

100

276

100

  1. For gulls that exhibited a mixed foraging strategy, 72 trips were at sea and 100 trips were to sites on land