But whether the black bear population can be sustained is also connected to whether or not there is compartmentalization separating the genes of the Yushan population from those of Xueshan, Lalashan, and other areas. The basic data collected from Yushan bears can be kept in reserve to help answer this question in future.
至於玉山族群和雪霸、拉拉山等其他地區黑熊基因有無分隔，也是牽涉黑熊族群能否延續的課題，玉山黑熊基礎資料的收集可先留伏筆，預做準備。