James Edward Richardson, Ph.D.
Perfil
Estoy interesado en la biogeografia historica de grupos de plantas tropicales (Sapotaceae, Annonaceae, Rhamnaceae y Fabaceae). Yo utilizo filogenias moleculares datadas para el estudio de la diversificación de estos grupos de organismos.
Educación
- 1992-1993: Universidad de Reading, UK, M.Sc. Botánica.
- 1995-1999: Universidad de Edinburgh, UK, Ph.D. Botánica. Sistemática del género Phylica (Rhamnaceae).
Experiencia Profesional
- 2005-presente: Investigador, grupo de biología tropical, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Reino Unido.
- 2003-2005: Investigador, grupo de biología tropical, Universidad de Wageningen, Holanda.
- 2001-2003: Investigador, grupo ecologica, Universidad de California Santa Cruz, Estados Unidos de América.
- 1999-2001: Investigador, grupo de biología tropical, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Reino Unido.
Publicaciones
- Hollingsworth, M.L., Clark, A., Forrest, L.L., Richardson, J.E., Pennington, R.T., Long, D.G., Cowan, R., Chase, M.W., Gaudeul, M., Hollingsworth, P.M. Accepted. Selecting barcoding loci for plants: evaluation of seven candidate loci with species level sampling in three divergent groups of land plants. Molecular Ecology Resources.
- Swenson, U., J. E. Richardson and I.V. Bartish. Accepted. Multi-gene phylogeny of the pantropical subfamily Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae): Evidence of generic polyphyly and extensive morphological homoplasy. Cladistics.
- Couvreur. T. L. P., J. E. Richardson, M. S. M. Sosef and L. W. Chatrou. Submitted. Substitution rate prior influences posterior mapping of discrete morphological characters: an unconventional remedy. Systematic Biology.
- Couvreur, T. L. P., Richardson, J.E., Sosef, M. S. M., Erkens, R.H.J. & Chatrou, L.W. (2008) Evolution of syncarpy and other morphological characters in African Annonaceae: a posterior mapping approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 302-318.
- Chase, M. W., R. S. Cowan, P. M. Hollingsworth, C. van den Berg, S. Madriñán, G. Petersen, O. Seberg, K. M. Cameron, W. J. Kress, T. A. J. Hedderson, F. Conrad, G. Salazar, M. Carine, T. G. Barraclough, J. E. Richardson, M. Hollingsworth, T. Jørgsensen, L. Kelly & M. Wilkinson. 2007. A proposal for a standardized protocol to barcode all land plants. Taxon. 56: 295-299.
- Särkinen, T.E., M.F. Newman, P.J.M. Maas, H. Maas, A.D. Poulsen, D.J. Harris, J.E. Richardson, A. Clark, M. Hollingsworth & R.T. Pennington. 2007. Recent oceanic long-distance dispersal and divergence in the amphi-Atlantic rain forest genus Renealmia L.f. (Zingiberaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 968–980.
- Haston, E., Richardson, J.E., Stevens, P.F., Chase, M.W. and Harris, D.J. 2007. A linear sequence of Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II families. Taxon 56: 7-12.
- Pennington, R.T., Richardson, J.E. and Matt Lavin. 2006. Insights into the historical construction of species-rich biomes from dated plant phylogenies, neutral ecological theory and phylogenetic community structure New Phytologist 172: 605–616.
- Couvreur T.L.P., Gereau R.E., Wieringa J.J. & Richardson J.E. 2006. Description of four new species of Monodora and Isolona (Annonaceae) from Tanzania and an overview of Tanzanian Annonaceae diversity. Adansonia, sér. 3, 28: 243-266.
- Pirie, M.D., Chatrou, L.W., Erkens, R.H.J., Maas, J.W., van der Niet, T., Mols, J.B. and Richardson, J.E. 2005. Phylogeny reconstruction and molecular dating in four Neotropical genera of Annonaceae: the effect of taxon sampling in age estimations. Regnum Vegetabile 143, A.R.G. Gantner Verlag, Liechtenstein, pp.149-174.
- Hollingsworth, P. M., Dawson, I. K., Goodall-Copestake, W. P., Richardson, J. E., Weber, J. C., Sotelo Montes, C., Pennington, R. T. 2005. Do farmers reduce genetic diversity when they domesticate tropical trees? A case study from Amazonia. Molecular Ecology 14: 497-501.
- Pennington, R.T., Cronk, Q.C.B. and Richardson, J.E. 2004. Introduction and synthesis: plant phylogeny and the origin of major biomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B59: 1455–1465.
- Richardson, J.E., Chatrou, L.W. Mols, J.B., Erkens, R.H.J. and Pirie, M.D. 2004. Historical biogeography of two cosmopolitan families of flowering plants: Annonaceae and Rhamnaceae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B59: 1495–1508.
- Calsbeek, R.G., Thompson, J.N. and Richardson, J.E. 2003. Patterns of molecular evolution and diversification in a biodiversity hotspot: the California Floristic Province. Molecular Ecology 12:1021-1029.
- Richardson, J.E., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B. & Chase, M.W. 2003. Species delimitation and the origin of populations in island representatives of the genus Phylica L. (Rhamnaceae). Evolution 57: 816-827.
- Richardson, J.E., Pennington, R.T., Pennington, T.D. & Hollingsworth, P.M. 2001. Rapid diversification of a species-rich genus of neotropical rain forest trees. Science 293: 2242-2245.
- Fay, M.F., Lledó, M.D., Richardson, J.E., Rye, B.L. & Hopper, S.D. 2001. Molecular data confirm the affinities of Granitites with Alphitonia (Rhamnaceae). Kew Bulletin 56: 669-675.
- Richardson, J.E., Weitz, F.M., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Linder, H.P., Reeves, G. & Chase, M.W. 2001. Rapid and recent origin of species richness in the Cape flora of South Africa. Nature 412: 181-183.
- Richardson, J.E., Weitz, F.M., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Linder, H.P., Reeves, G. & Chase, M.W. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of Phylica L. with an emphasis on island species: evidence from plastid trnL-F DNA and nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ribosomal DNA) sequences. Taxon 50: 405-427.
- Richardson, J.E., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B. & Chase, M.W. 2000. A revision of the tribal classification of Rhamnaceae. Kew Bulletin 55: 1-30.
- Richardson, J.E., Fay, M.F., Cronk, Q.C.B., Bowman, D. & Chase, M.W. 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of Rhamnaceae using rbcL and trnL-F plastid DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 87: 1309-1324.
- Thulin, M., Bremer, B., Chase, M.W., Niklasson, J., Richardson, J.E. & Fay, M.F. 1998. Barbeya and Dirachma - Family Relationships of two Enigmatic Genera. Plant Systematics and Evolution 213: 103-119.
Contacto
Laboratorio de Botánica y Sistemática
Edificio J, Oficina J-406
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas
Universidad de los Andes
Apartado Aéreo 4976
Bogotá, DC 01
Colombia
Teléfono: +(571) 339-4949 x3754
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