elderd 'at' lsu.edu
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:
If you're interested in joining my research group, please email me. I'm seeking both students and post-docs to work on projects involving either population or community ecology. In particular, I take a quantitative approach to ecological questions and would require that my students have some interest or training in mathematical ecology/modeling. While students may work on projects closely affiliated with my research, I encourage them to seek out their own research identity.
Elderd, B.D., J. Dushoff, and G. Dwyer. In press. Host-pathogen interactions, insect outbreaks and natural selection for disease resistance. The American Naturalist.
Grear, J. and B.D. Elderd. 2008. Performance of partial life cycle models when survivorship varies with age. Oikos. 117:1587-1593.
Elderd, B.D. and M.P. Nott. 2008. Changing landscapes, changing demography: An individual-based model for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis). Journal of Applied Ecology. 45:258-268.
Elderd, B.D., V. Dukic, and G. Dwyer. 2006. Quantifying uncertainty in predictions of public-health responses to bioterrorism and emerging diseases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 103:15693-15697.
Elderd, B.D. and D.F. Doak. 2006. Abiotic and biotic impacts of disturbance on plant population dynamics: Flooding, herbivory, and Mimulus guttatus. Journal of Ecology, 94: 656-669.
Elderd, B.D. 2006. Disturbance mediated trophic interactions and plant performance. Oecologia, 147: 261-271.
Elderd, B.D. 2003. Changing flow regimes: Its impacts on riparian vegetation and a common riparian species, Mimulus guttatus. Ecological Applications, 13: 1610-1625.