Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations
The geographic variation of seven southern European populations of Ursus arctos was investigated through multivariate morphometrics of the skull. Univariate and multivariate analyses were run on 63 cranial and dental measurements recorded on 50 specimens from the Apennines, the Alps, and the Transca...
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ftunivromairis:oai:iris.uniroma1.it:11573/29729 2024-04-21T08:12:58+00:00 Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations A. Loy P. Genov M. Galfo M. G. Jacobone VIGNA TAGLIANTI, Augusto A., Loy P., Genov M., Galfo M. G., Jacobone VIGNA TAGLIANTI, Augusto 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/11573/29729 https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000701689857 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000252343700008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37049027709&partnerID=65&md5=a06ef3faa4c8ed5a02fd751bfa40649f eng eng TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000252343700008 volume:75 issue:1 firstpage:67 lastpage:75 numberofpages:9 journal:THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11573/29729 doi:10.1080/11250000701689857 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-37049027709 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000252343700008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-37049027709&partnerID=65&md5=a06ef3faa4c8ed5a02fd751bfa40649f apennine bear geographic variation multivariate morphometric ursus arctos info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2008 ftunivromairis https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000701689857 2024-03-28T02:10:56Z The geographic variation of seven southern European populations of Ursus arctos was investigated through multivariate morphometrics of the skull. Univariate and multivariate analyses were run on 63 cranial and dental measurements recorded on 50 specimens from the Apennines, the Alps, and the Transcaucasus, and on 14 specimens of the fossil Ursus spelaeus. Detailed analyses of sexual dimorphism, age structure, and ranges of variation have been carried out on the Apennines population, which morphological variation has been little explored. Subsets of characters were selected to allow comparison with data derived from literature for populations from the Pyrenees, the Rhodopi-Rila-Pirin, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. Analyses clearly indicate that the Apennine bear is morphologically distinct from both a western (Alps, Pyrenees, Balkans, and Rhodopi) and an eastern contingent (Caucasus and Transcaucasus), therefore suggesting that the Apennine population should be reconsidered as a separate taxon, namely Ursus arctos marsicanus. These preliminary results suggest caution in restocking conservation actions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS Italian Journal of Zoology 75 1 67 75 |
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The geographic variation of seven southern European populations of Ursus arctos was investigated through multivariate morphometrics of the skull. Univariate and multivariate analyses were run on 63 cranial and dental measurements recorded on 50 specimens from the Apennines, the Alps, and the Transcaucasus, and on 14 specimens of the fossil Ursus spelaeus. Detailed analyses of sexual dimorphism, age structure, and ranges of variation have been carried out on the Apennines population, which morphological variation has been little explored. Subsets of characters were selected to allow comparison with data derived from literature for populations from the Pyrenees, the Rhodopi-Rila-Pirin, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. Analyses clearly indicate that the Apennine bear is morphologically distinct from both a western (Alps, Pyrenees, Balkans, and Rhodopi) and an eastern contingent (Caucasus and Transcaucasus), therefore suggesting that the Apennine population should be reconsidered as a separate taxon, namely Ursus arctos marsicanus. These preliminary results suggest caution in restocking conservation actions. |
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Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations |
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Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations |
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Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations |
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Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations |
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Cranial morphometrics of the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern European populations |
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cranial morphometrics of the apennine brown bear (ursus arctos marsicanus) and preliminary notes on the relationships with other southern european populations |
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