Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Loy, A ^a   Genov, P ^b   Galfo, M ^c   Jacobone, M G ^c   Taglianti, A Vigna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennine bear; Geographic variation; Multivariate morphometrics; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BEAR; CRANIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKULL;

BALKANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 37049027709     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000701689857     Document Type: Article

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