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Welcome to the
Bossart Lab at Southeastern Louisiana
University!
Research projects in our lab are motivated by a
common theme to understand how evolutionary and
ecological factors integrate to pattern
biodiversity, from genes to populations to
communities. We explore a wide array of research
questions using insects as model systems and
relying on data from analyses of behavior,
physiology, molecular and quantitative genetics,
interspecific interactions, and community
composition. Most of our current projects are focused
on understanding the impacts of human-induced
environmental change and implications for
biodiversity conservation.
Why study insects?! Besides being incredibly
fascinating they are also excellent model
systems. Insects are vastly more diverse then
any other taxa (well, except maybe bacteria),
are fundamental and critical components of
ecosystems as both consumer and consumed, and
respond nearly in concert with environmental
change!
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