Andi Stewart
PhD candidate, Wildlife Biology
Contact
- Office
- CHCB (Clapp) 320
- andi.stewart@umconnect.umt.edu
Personal Summary
Andi was born in southern California and grew up camping, hiking, and volunteering in California’s National Parks. She completed her undergraduate degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences and Environmental Science at Oregon State University. After graduating she moved back to California where she worked in the Sierra Nevada mountains on multiple projects studying black bears, bobcats, mountain lions, and mule deer. In 2022, she completed her master’s degree in wildlife biology at Utah State University studying mule deer in partnership with California Department of Fish and Wildlife. For her doctoral research, Andi is working with 猎奇重口 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks on the Integrated Elk, Habitat, and Carnivore Management Project in northwest 猎奇重口. The focus of her research is to estimate population vital rates for elk in Hunting District 121 and evaluate how vital rates influence elk population growth.
Education
M.S. in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah May 2022
Thesis Title: Comparing Fecal DNA Capture-Recapture Methods to Traditional Mark-Resight Methods for Estimating Abundance of Mule Deer on Winter Ranges
B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences and Environmental Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon June 2014
Selected Publications
Stewart, A.M., M. M. Conner, J. S. McKeever, A. Ellsworth, R. S. Crowhurst, C. W. Epps, and T. R. Stephenson. 2023. Comparing fecal DNA capture-recapture to mark-resight for estimating abundance of mule deer on winter ranges. Journal of Wildlife Management 87: e22350