The Barren Ground Grizzly Bear in Northern Canada

Discusses distribution of the bears, and takes exception to certain statements of A.W.F. Banfield (No. 56712). His thesis of a recent eastward range extension as a continuation of the species' postglacial dispersal from Beringia is rejected. The range of the species is considered to have change...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Harington, C.R., Macpherson, A.H., Kelsall, J.P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1962
Subjects:
Grizzly bears
Animal distribution
Glacial epoch
Nouveau-Québec
Labrador
Canada
Arctic
Beringia
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66634
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Summary:Discusses distribution of the bears, and takes exception to certain statements of A.W.F. Banfield (No. 56712). His thesis of a recent eastward range extension as a continuation of the species' postglacial dispersal from Beringia is rejected. The range of the species is considered to have changed many times since the end of the Wisconsin glaciation; recent increase of bears in the east is probably a minor range fluctuation. Occurrence of grizzlies in northern Quebec - Labrador is not to be discounted, as Banfield does: several records of bears seen near the eastern end of the range since 1948 are cited.

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