Brown Bear (Ursus arctos; Eurasia)

• Main Authors: Swenson J. E., H. Ambarli, J. M. Arnemo, L. Baskin, P. Ciucci, P. I. Danilov, M. Delibes, M. Elfström, A. L. Evans, C. Groff, A. G. Hertel, D. Huber, K. Jerina, A. A. Karamanlidis, J. Kindberg, I. Kojola, M. Krofel, J. Kusak, T. Mano, M. Melletti, Y. Mertzanis, A. Ordiz, S. Palazón, J. Parchizadeh, V. Penteriani, P. -Y. Quenette, A. Sergiel, N. Selva, I. Seryodkin, M. Skuban, S. M. J. G. Steyaert, O. -G. Støen, K. F. Tirronen, A. Zedrosser
• Other Authors: V. Penteriani, M.Melletti, J. E., Swenson, Ambarli, H., Arnemo, J. M., Baskin, L., Ciucci, P., Danilov, P. I., Delibes, M., Elfström, M., Evans, A. L., Groff, C., Hertel, A. G., Huber, D., Jerina, K., Karamanlidis, A. A., Kindberg, J., Kojola, I., Krofel, M., Kusak, J., Mano, T., Melletti, M., Mertzanis, Y., Ordiz, A., Palazón, S., Parchizadeh, J., Penteriani, V., Quenette, P. -Y., Sergiel, A., Selva, N., Seryodkin, I., Skuban, M., Steyaert, S. M. J. G., Støen, O. -G., Tirronen, K. F., Zedrosser, A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Brown bear; Europe; Ursos arctos; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1461880

The brown bear and cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) diverged in Eurasia approximately 1.2-1.4 million years ago (Loreille et al. 2001) and brown bears subsequently inhabited most of the continent. Here we review how climatic fluctuations during and after the Pleistocene shaped the genetic relationships within Eurasian brown bears, especially focusing on the effects of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 26-19,000 years ago), when most of northern Eurasia was covered with continental ice sheets (Saarma et al. 2007).