Dr John Gould

Dr. John Gould is a conservation and animal behaviour scientist in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences. His research interests include natural history, reproductive biology, population dynamics, and the management of threatened species. He believes that it is critical to understand how species have evolved in response to the selecting pressures of their environment, not only from a natural history perspective but to apply this knowledge to improve the efficacy of management programs. Currently, John’s research focus is on the conservation of the threatened green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea, including ways to manage key threatening process such as habitat modification and invasive species. John is also working on improving Australia’s fenced safe haven network for non-mammalian species.

 

John’s PhD explored the reproductive behaviour of the sandpaper frog, Lechriodus fletcheri, including the adaptive purpose of communal egg laying, and more widely explored the evolution of semelparity in amphibians and the functions of froth nesting.