• Ph.D. EPO Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder 1998
• M.S. Plant Biology, University of Minnesota 1992
• B.S. Biology, University of Minnesota 1988

Publications

• Journal articles and book chapters
  • WALKER, M.D., W.A. GOULD, AND F.S. CHAPIN III. In press. Scenarios of biodiversity changes in arctic and alpine tundra. In: Chapin, F. S. III, O. Svala, and A. Janetos, Scenarios of global biodiversity, Springer-Verlag.
  • GOULD, W.A. AND M.D. WALKER. 1997. Landscape scale patterns in plant species richness along an Arctic river. Canadian Journal of Botany. 75:1748-1765.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1994. Macrolichens of the Coppermine, Hood, and Thomsen Rivers, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Bryologist. 97:42-47.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1994. Five lichens new to Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Evansia. 11:17-20.
  • GOULD, W.A. AND M.D. WALKER. Submitted. Plant community and landscape diversity along an arctic river. Journal of Vegetation Science
  • GOULD, W.A. Submitted. Remote sensing of vegetation, plant species richness, and regional diversity hotspots. Ecological Applications.
  • WALKER, M.D., W.A. GOULD, D.A. WALKER, AND T. EDMANDS. In Prep. Decade-scale changes in vegetation in the Brooks Range Southern Alaska Foothills.
• Theses
  • GOULD, W.A. 1998. A multiple-scale analysis of plant species richness, vegetation, landscape heterogeneity, and spectral diversity along an Arctic river. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, Department of EPO Biology.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1992. Macrolichens of the Coppermine, Hood, and Thomsen Rivers, Northwest Territories, Canada. Ms. Thesis, Univ. of MN, Dept. of Plant Biology.
• Posters
  • GOULD, W.A., C. BAY, L.C. BLISS, F. DANIALS, C.J. MARKON, S.S. TALBOT, D.A. WALKER, AND S. ZOLTAI. 1998. Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: An overview and prototype maps for the North American Arctic. Presented at the International Permafrost Conference, Yellowknife, NT.
  • GOULD, W.A., M.D. WALKER, D.A. WALKER, T. EDMANDS, M. DORNFELD, N. AUERBACH, T. NETTLETON, AND S. MULLER. 1997. Decade-scale changes in vegetation in the Brooks Range Southern Alaska Foothills. Presented at the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Workshop, Seattle, Washington.
• Published abstracts
  • GOULD, W.A., L.C. BLISS, AND S. ZOLTAI. 1998. Prototype vegetation maps for the Canadian Arctic. Third International Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping Workshop. Anchorage, Alaska. pp. 32-33.
  • GOULD, W.A. AND M.D. WALKER. 1996. Plant species and landscape diversity along an Arctic river. The 26th annual Arctic Workshop Program and Abstracts. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado. 26:39-41.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1995. Biodiversity of an arctic riparian ecosystem. J. Colo-Wyo Acad. Sci. 27:24.
• Reports and maps
  • GOULD, W.A. 1997. Sensitive sites in the Hood River drainage, Nunavut, Canada. Echo Bay Mines, Lupin, NT, Canada. 53 pp.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1997. Vegetation and soils in the Hood River riparian corridor. Echo Bay Mines, Lupin, NT, Canada. 57 pp.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1997. Water chemistry of the Hood River, Nunavut, Canada. Echo Bay Mines, Lupin, NT, Canada. 20 pp.
  • GOULD, W.A. 1997. Land-cover and vegetation along the Ulu/Lupine haul road, Nunavut Canada. Echo Bay Mines, Lupin, NT, Canada. 4 maps, 11 pp.

Professional activities

• Manuscript reviews
  • Arctic and Alpine Research (2)
  • Chemosphere (1)
• Advising
  • Undergraduate honors theses (4)

Positions

• Research Associate, University of Colorado, INSTAAR 1998
• Instructor, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior 1998
• Director, Institute for Advanced Field Education 1994 to 1998
• Graduate Research Assistant, University of Colorado 1996 to 1997
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado 1992 to 1996
• Instructor, University of Colorado/INSTAAR, 1987 to 1994
• Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota 1988 to 1992
• Interpreter, Bell Museum of Natural History 1986 to 1988
• Field Assistant, Cedar Cr. Natural History Area (LTER site) 1986

Grant Awards

• NSF 97-123: Climate, substrate, and vegetation: distribution and causes of moist nonacidic tundra. Co-PI with Dr. D.A. Walker and Dr. H. Epstein.1998 to 2002
• National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award 1995 to 1996
• Science Institute of the NWT Research Assistance Support Program 1995
• Canadian Studies Graduate Student Fellowship 1994
• Walker van Riper Fund 1994
• John W. Marr Ecology Fund 1993, 1994
• Dean's Small Grant Award 1993, 1994
• Univiversity of Colorado Museum Award 1993
• EPOB Graduate Research Funds 1993
• Carolyn M. Crosby Fellowship 1990, 1991
• James W. Wilkie Fund for Natural History 1990, 1991
• Dayton Natural History Fund 1990, 1991

Graduate advisors

• Dr. Clifford M. Wetmore, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota
  220 Biological Sciences Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue
  St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108 612-625-6292
• Dr. Harvey Nichols, EPO Biology Department, University of Colorado
  CB 334, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0334 303-492-5652
• Dr. Marilyn Walker, EPO Biology Department/INSTAAR, University of Colorado
  CB 450, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0450 303-492-5276