Christian Guajardo
Texas State University
Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology
Originally from San Antonio, Texas, he obtained a B.S. in wildlife biology from Texas State University in 2017. Subsequently, he completed several wildlife-based internships across the southwest including: Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Currently Christian is in his third semester as a M.S. student in the Wildlife Ecology program at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas
Christians’ thesis will utilize archived lat/long data from GPS collared Mexican wolves to determine their habitat usage on a regional and landscape-scale. As a corollary, he will also attempt to quantify the relationship between Mexican wolf habitat use and forest canopy cover. The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) will be used as a guideline for habitat classes within known Mexican wolf occupancy areas. The results from his research may aid USFWS in management of the Mexican wolf population in Arizona and New Mexico.
