The recolonization of Europe by brown bears Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 after the Last Glacial Maximum

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-164

  Sommer, Robert S ^a   Benecke, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glacial refuge; Last Glacial Maximum; Late Glacial; Post Glacial; Recolonization; Subfossil record

Indexed keywords

BEAR; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; RECOLONIZATION;

BALKANS; BALTIC STATES; CARPATHIANS; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MOLDOVA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 21244433076     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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