Black Bears (Ursus americanus) versus Brown Bears (U. arctos): Combining Morphometrics and Niche Modeling to Differentiate Species and Predict Distributions Through Time
Late Pleistocene American black bears (Ursus americanus) often overlap in size with Pleistocene brown bears (U. arctos), occasionally making them difficult to diagnose. Large U. americanus have previously been distinguished from U. arctos by the length of the upper second molar (M2). However, the te...
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Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
2017
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| Online Access: | https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3262 https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4665&context=etd |