We try to provide the right environment for grizzly bears

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Now, instead of ordinary, static habitat maps,these dynamic, time-lapse habitat maps could be used for grizzly bear conservation in a number of ways.First, they help calculate the carrying capacity of the study area.In other words, how many bears can the remaining habitat support?Is there enough food to go around?Second, the maps show where bears will be foraging at specific times.We can prevent disturbing the bears and stressing them out by avoiding these areas during important feeding periods.Finally, the maps can be used to predict the effects of climate change,where shifting annual temperatures will alter the rate of plant growth,throwing the bears' precise foraging schedule out of whack.

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