Predicting future grizzly bear habitat use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem under recolonization and reintroduction scenarios
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Our study represented the fourth phase of research aimed at providing science to help inform grizzly bear conservation. In the first phase, Sells et al. [20] developed and tested models for a focal population (the NCDE). In the second phase, Sells et al. [21] assessed model transferability by applying the models to nearby populations in the GYE, CYE, and SE. In the third phase, Sells et al. [22] applied the models to simulate connectivity pathways between populations in western Montana. In this present fourth phase, we applied the models to a recovery area without a current population, the BE.