Acknowledgements
We thank G. Stenhouse of Foothills Research Institute for contributing data on grizzly bear resource selection functions. M. O’Donnell, N. Klappstein, R. Baldini, J. Melsted, D. Nichols, and D. Paches assisted in scat and laboratory analyses. Financial and in-kind support was provided by Alberta Conservation Association, Alberta Environment and Parks, Colleges and Institutes Canada – CleanTech Internship, International Association for Bear Research and Management, National Science Foundation Long-term Research in Environmental Biology grant to MH and EHM (1556248), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grant to EHM, Parks Canada, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International – Northern Alberta Chapter, Sundre Forest Products, TD Bank – Friends of the Environment Foundation, University of Alberta, University of Montana, and the Wild Sheep Foundation of Alberta. All field data collection were in accordance with the Canadian Council on Animal Care Guidelines and approved by the University of Alberta Animal Care and Use Committee (AUP00000624).