Brown bear Ursus arctos range in Greece consists of two 2 major population nuclei still geographically separated and located approximately 200 km apart in the north-western and north-eastern part of the country, in Peristeri-Pindos mountain range and Rodopi mountain complex. Effective species distribution extends over 17,850 km2 whereas the overall range is at 34,868km2 . The Peristeri-Pindos range represents the southernmost distributional edge of the species range at a European scale, thus of outstanding bio-geographic importance.

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Keywords: arctos, arcturos, bear, brown, environmental, forest, foundation, greece, greek, mountain, nimfaio, nymfaio, organization, pindos, shelter, ursus, wild, wildlife