Late-Quaternary biogeographic scenarios for the brown bear (Ursus arctos), a wild mammal model species

Davison, John; Ho, Simon; Bray, Sarah C.; Korsten, Marju; Tammeleht, Egle; Hindrikson, Maris; Ostbye, Kjartan; Ostbye, Eivind; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Austin, Jeremy J.; Cooper, Alan; Saarma, Urmas

Late-Quaternary biogeographic scenarios for the brown bear (Ursus arctos), a wild mammal model species

Date

2011

Authors

Davison, John

Ho, Simon

Bray, Sarah C.

Korsten, Marju

Tammeleht, Egle

Hindrikson, Maris

Ostbye, Kjartan

Ostbye, Eivind

Lauritzen, Stein-Erik

Austin, Jeremy J.

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

This review provides an up-to-date synthesis of the matrilineal phylogeography of a uniquely well-studied Holarctic mammal, the brown bear. We extend current knowledge by presenting a DNA sequence derived from one of the earliest known fossils of a polar