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Rodney T. Richardson

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2015Rising activity
Plant and animal studiesEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorInsect and Pesticide ResearchGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Publications

51

Citations

1,452

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
AI-generated

Rodney T. Richardson's work focuses on developing and applying DNA-based methods (metabarcoding and environmental DNA, or eDNA) to study how pollinators like honey bees and wild bees interact with plants, and how landscape and land-use changes affect insect and fish biodiversity. His research combines molecular biology techniques with ecological questions about foraging behavior, pollen diet composition, and species detection in natural environments. This work has applications in pollinator health monitoring, conservation of at-risk species, and biodiversity surveillance.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) and metabarcoding methodsPollinator ecology and pollen foraging behaviorBee health and land-use impactsBiodiversity monitoring and species detectionMetagenetic data analysis and bioinformatics methods

Publication output has been relatively steady over the last decade with some year-to-year fluctuation (including a gap in 2017 and 2021), averaging about 5 publications per year over the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.0/year recently
172018: 8 publications8182019: 4 publications192020: 8 publications820212022: 6 publications222023: 8 publications8232024: 5 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×11
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×4
  • Molecular Ecology×3
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution×2
  • Molecular Ecology Resources×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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