Brown Bear (<i>Ursus arctos</i>; Eurasia)
Jon E. Swenson, Hüseyin Ambarlı, Jon M. Arnemo, Leonid Baskin, Paolo Ciucci, Pjotr Danilov, Miguel Delibes, Marcus Elfström, Alina L. Evans, Claudio Groff, Anne G. Hertel, Đuro Huber, Klemen Jerina, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Jonas Kindberg, Ilpo Kojola, Miha Krofel, Josip Kusak, Tsutomu Mano, Mario Melletti, Yorgos Mertzanis, Andrés Ordiz, Santiago Palazón, Jamshid Parchizadeh, Vincenzo Penteriani, Pierre‐Yves Quenette, Agnieszka Sergiel, Nuria Selva, Ivan V. Seryodkin, Michaela Skuban, Sam M. J. G. Steyaert, Ole‐Gunnar Støen, Konstantin Tirronen, Andreas Zedrosser
Abstract
This chapter comprises the following sections: names, taxonomy, subspecies and distribution, descriptive notes, habitat, movements and home range, activity patterns, feeding ecology, reproduction and growth, behavior, parasites and diseases, status in the wild, and status in captivity.