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Could brown bears (Ursus arctos) have survived in Ireland during the Last Glacial Maximum?

Brown bears are recorded from Ireland during both the Late Pleistocene and early–mid Holocene. Although most of the Irish landmass was covered by an ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), Irish brown bears are known to have hybridized with polar bears during the Late Pleistocene, and it is...

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Autores principales: Leonard, Saoirse A., Risley, Claire L., Turvey, Samuel T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23676655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0281