Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité
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GOUTTE Sandra
Ph.D. student int the PHYLEVO team
Contact
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Département Systématique et Evolution
Reptiles & Amphibiens - CP 30
25 rue Cuvier
F-75005 Paris
FRANCE
Tel : (+33) 1 40 79 34 90
Email : goutte@mnhn.fr
Research interests
I am mainly interested in behavioral ecology and evolution. Although I enjoyed working with different taxa (fish, mollusks, insects, amphibians), my major interest is amphibians. I am definitely a field person and spend hours watching frogs in their natural habitat where, I think, behavioral studies assume full meaning.
The main focus of my PhD is the evolution of advertisment calls in torrent Ranid frogs, primarily in South-East Asia. I am thus working at the interface of bioacoustics, behavior and phylogeny. Bringing bioacoustics into a phylogenetic context informs on the evolutionary history of the species calls, central in their reproductive behavior. The torrent is a particularly challenging environment for acoustic communication, frogs have thus come to adapt their calling strategies in order to reproduce there. In the Ranids, i am investigating four phylogenetically distinct torrent dweller groups which present convergences and divergences in their acoustics and behavioral reproductive strategies. How did these strategies evolved ? When ? How many times ? And what acoustic characters are adaptive for frogs to reproduce in such an extreme environment ?
Field experiences
Ph.D.
June-August 2011 : Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. In collaboration with David Bickford (National University of Sinagpore) and Djoko Iskandar (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia).
December 2010 : Preah Vihear, Cambodia. In collaboration with the Unesco.
Master
February-June 2010 : Brunei Darussalam. Under the supervision of Ulmar Grafe (University of Brunei Darussalam)
February-May 2008 : Trinidad and Tobago. Under the supervision of Michael Marshall (University of Georgia, USA), David Reznick and Andres Lopez-Sepulcre (for both, University of California Riverside).
Others and Undergraduate
June-August 2009 : Panama. Fellowship from the Smithonian Tropical Research Institute, in collaboration with Michael Ryan (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
June-August 2008 : Panama. Under the supervision of Michael Ryan (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
June-July 2007 : Lund, Sweden. Under the supervision of Erik Svensson (Lund University)
Publications
2010. Goutte S., Kime N.M., Argo T.F. and Ryan M.J. Calling strategies of male túngara frogs in response to dynamic playback. Behaviour 147, pp.65-83.
2010. Grafe T.U., Goutte S., Ahmadsah H.H., Konopik O., Scharmann M., Bauer U. Updated checklist of the amphibians of the Ulu Temburong National Park and Brunei Darussalam. Scientia Bruneiana. 11, pp.53-59.
Communication
September 2011 : Meeting of the International Bioacoustics Council. La Rochelle, France. Evolution of advertisement calls in torrent habitat : communicating despite noise
Responsibilities within the Museum
Animation of scientific forum of the Museum, section molecular and cellular biology. This forum is direcetd mainly to Highschool students working on group projects and teachers willing to organize activities or visits of the Museum with their class or having specific questions for specialists.
Punctual interventions for Highschool classes.
Production of pedagogical material for primary, middle high and highschool levels. This material is intended to be a support for taecher to animate an activity in their class in autonomy.
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