Bret D. Elderd
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
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My research focuses on examining how disease outbreaks, community structure, and stochasticity influence population dynamics by combining field-based experimental and theoretical modeling approaches. I'm particularly interested in:

• Virus transmission and insect outbreaks
• Variability in disease transmission
• Disturbance and riparian community structure
• Population viability and rare species management