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Transatlantic Migration of Juvenile Sooty Terns

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Transatlantic migration of juvenile sooty terns may be evidence for a successful evolutionary mechanism.

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ROBERTSON, W. Transatlantic Migration of Juvenile Sooty Terns. Nature 222, 632–634 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222632a0

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