Hypotheses and tracking results about the longest migration: The case of the arctic tern

Abstract The arctic tern Sterna paradisaea completes the longest known annual return migration on Earth, traveling between breeding sites in the northern arctic and temperate regions and survival/molt areas in the Antarctic pack‐ice zone. Salomonsen (1967, Biologiske Meddelelser, Copenhagen Danske V...

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Main Authors: Thomas Alerstam, Johan Bäckman, Johanna Grönroos, Patrik Olofsson, Roine Strandberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5459