Bryce A. Richardson, PhD

Plant Research Geneticist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0000-0001-9521-4367

bryce.richardson2@usda.gov

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Rob Massatti, Trevor M. Faske, Ivana M. Barnes, Elizabeth A. Leger, Thomas L. Parchman, Bryce A. Richardson, L. Lacey. Knowles. 2025. Suturing fragmented landscapes: Mosaic hybrid zones in plants may facilitate ecosystem resiliency
Sue Miller, Anthony D. Vaudo, Bryce A. Richardson, Sarah C. Barga, Justin B. Runyon. 2025. Bee nourished: How pollen nutrition shapes bee foraging habits and what it means for restoration
Spencer R. Roop, Keith Reinhardt, Ken Aho, Matthew J. Germino, Bryce A. Richardson. 2025. Cytotype and local adaptation drive phenotypic variation in two subspecies of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Trevor M. Faske, Alison C. Agneray, Joshua P. Jahner, Carolina Osuna-Mascaro, Lana M. Sheta, Bryce A. Richardson, Elizabeth A. Leger, Thomas L. Parchman. 2024. Environment predicts the maintenance of reproductive isolation in a mosaic hybrid zone of rubber rabbitbrush
Cameron H. Amos, Bryce A. Richardson, Sarah C. Barga, Francis F. Kilkenny, Kas Dumroese. 2024. Annual‐perennial lifespan variation in Chaenactis douglasii suggests a drought escape strategy in warm‐arid environments
Peter J. Olsoy, Andrii Zaiats, Donna M. Delparte, Matthew J. Germino, Bryce A. Richardson, Anna V Roser, Jennifer S. Forbey, Megan E. Cattau, T. Trevor. Caughlin. 2024. Demography with drones: detecting growth and survival of shrubs with unoccupied aerial systems
Bryce A. Richardson, Gerald Rehfeldt, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Elizabeth R. Milano. 2024. A climate analog approach to evaluate seed transfer and vegetation transitions
Francis F. Kilkenny, Jeffrey E. Ott, Sarah C. Barga, Jessica Irwin, Kimberly Rizkowsky, Nyika Campbell, Bryce A. Richardson, Elizabeth R. Milano, Corey Gucker. 2023. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2022 Progress Report
Peter J. Olsoy, Andrii Zaiats, Donna M. Delparte, Matthew J. Germino, Bryce A. Richardson, Spencer Roop, Anna V Roser, Jennifer S. Forbey, Megan E. Cattau, Sven Buerki, Keith Reinhardt, T. Trevor. Caughlin. 2023. High-resolution thermal imagery reveals how interactions between crown structure and genetics shape plant temperature
Anthony E. Melton, Kara Moran, Peggy Martinez, Paige Ellestad, Erin Milliken, Walker Morales, Andrew W. Child, Bryce A. Richardson, Marcelo Serpe, Stephen J. Novak, Sven Buerki. 2023. A genotype x environment experiment reveals contrasting response strategies to drought between populations of a keystone species (Artemisia tridentata; Asteraceae)
Lukas P. Grossfurthner, Elizabeth R. Milano, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Lisette P. Waits, Bryce A. Richardson. 2023. Population structure and hybridization under contemporary and future climates in a heteroploid foundational shrub species (Artemisia tridentata)
Andrii Zaiats, Juan M. Requena-Mullor, Matthew J. Germino, Jennifer S. Forbey, Bryce A. Richardson, T. Trevor. Caughlin. 2022. Spatial models can improve the experimental design of field-based transplant gardens by preventing bias due to neighborhood crowding
Anthony E. Melton, Andrew W. Child, Richard S. Beard, Carlos Dave C. Dumaguit, Jennifer S. Forbey, Matthew Germino, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Andrew Kliskey, Ilia J. Leitch, Peggy Martinez, Stephen J. Novak, Jaume Pellicer, Bryce A. Richardson, Desiree Self, Marcelo Serpe, Sven Buerki. 2022. A haploid pseudo-chromosome genome assembly for a keystone sagebrush species of western North American rangelands
Bryce A. Richardson, Rob Massatti, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Skylar Johnson, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2022. Assessing population genomic structure and polyploidy: A crucial step for native plant restoration
John Bradley St.Clair, Bryce A. Richardson, Nikolas Stevenson‐Molnar, Glenn T. Howe, Andrew D. Bower, Vicky J. Erickson, Brendan Ward, Dominique Bachelet, Francis F. Kilkenny, Tongli Wang. 2022. Seedlot Selection Tool and Climate‐Smart Restoration Tool: Web‐based tools for sourcing seed adapted to future climates
Mee-Sook Kim, Jarkko Hantula, Juha Kaitera, Paul J. Zambino, Stephen Woodward, Bryce A. Richardson, Jane E. Stewart, Pauline Spaine, David C. Shaw, Yu Takeuchi, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2022. Recovery plan for Scots pine blister rust caused by Cronartium pini
Anthony E. Melton, James Beck, Stephanie J. Galla, Jerry Jenkins, Lori Handley, Min Kim, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, Bryce A. Richardson, Marcelo Serpe, Stephen Novak, Sven Bue. 2021. A draft genome provides hypotheses on drought tolerance in a keystone plant species in Western North America threatened by climate change
Zhongqi Chen, Lukas Grossfurthner, Janet L. Loxterman, Jonathan Masingale, Bryce A. Richardson, Travis Seaborn, Brandy Smith, Lisette P. Waits, Shawn R. Narum. 2021. Applying genomics in assisted migration under climate change: Framework, empirical applications, and case studies
Andrii Zaiats, Matthew J. Germino, Marcelo D. Serpe, Bryce A. Richardson, T. Trevor. Caughlin. 2021. Intraspecific variation mediates density dependence in a genetically diverse plant species
Bryce A. Richardson, Matthew J. Germino, Marcus V. Warwell, Sven Buerki. 2021. The role of genome duplication in big sagebrush growth and fecundity
Kevin S. McKelvey, William M. Block, Terrie B. Jain, Charlie H. Luce, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Bryce A. Richardson, Vicki A. Saab, Anna W. Schoettle, Carolyn H. Sieg, Daniel R. Williams. 2021. Adapting research, management, and governance to confront socioecological uncertainties in novel ecosystems
Rob Massatti, Robert K. Shriver, Daniel E. Winkler, Bryce A. Richardson, John B. Bradford. 2020. Assessment of population genetics and climatic variability can refine climate-informed seed transfer guidelines
Andrii Zaiats, Brynne Lazarus, Matthew J. Germino, Marcelo D. Serpe, Bryce A. Richardson, Sven Buerki, T. Trevor. Caughlin. 2020. Intraspecific variation in surface water uptake in a perennial desert shrub
Brian Cooke, Bryce A. Richardson, Francis F. Kilkenny, Brad St. Clair, Deborah M. Finch, Holly R. Prendeville. 2019. Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions
Brynne Lazarus, Matthew J. Germino, Bryce A. Richardson. 2019. Freezing resistance, safety margins, and survival vary among big sagebrush populations across the western United States
Bill Davidson, J. Matthew Germino, Bryce A. Richardson, David M. Barnard. 2019. Landscape and organismal factors affecting sagebrush-seedling transplant survival after megafire restoration
Bryce A. Richardson, Lindsay Chaney. 2018. Climate-based seed transfer of a widespread shrub: population shifts, restoration strategies, and the trailing edge
Rob Massatti, Holly R. Prendeville, Steve Larson, Bryce A. Richardson, Blair Waldron, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2018. Population history provides foundational knowledge for utilizing and developing native plant restoration materials
Bryce A. Richardson, Alicia A. Boyd, Tanner Tobiasson, Matthew J. Germino. 2018. Spectrophotometry of Artemisia tridentata to quantitatively determine subspecies
Jennifer Sorensen Forbey, Gail L. Patricelli, Donna M. Delparte, Alan H. Krakauer, Peter J. Olsoy, Marcella R. Fremgen, Jordan D. Nobler, Lucas P. Spaete, Lisa A. Shipley, Janet L. Rachlow, Amy K. Dirksen, Anna Perry, Bryce A. Richardson, Nancy F. Glenn. 2017. Emerging technology to measure habitat quality and behavior of grouse: Examples from studies of greater sage-grouse
Zhihao Su, Bryce A. Richardson, Li Zhuo, Xiaolong Jiang, Wenjun Li, Xiaoshan Kang. 2017. Genetic diversity and structure of an endangered desert shrub and the implications for conservation
Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane E. Stewart, Yuko Ota, John W. Hanna, Bryce A. Richardson, Amy Ross-Davis, Ruben D. Elias-Roman, Kari Korhonen, Nenad Keca, Eugenia Iturritxa, Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales, Halvor Solheim, Nicholas J. Brazee, Piotr Lakomy, Michelle R. Cleary, Eri Hasegawa, Taisei Kikuchi, Fortunato Garza-Ocanas, Panaghiotis Tsopelas, Daniel Rigling, Simone Prospero, Tetyana Tsykun, Jean A. Berube, Franck O. P. Stefani, Saeideh Jafarpour, Vladimir Antonin, Michal Tomsovsky, Geral McDonald, Stephen Woodward, Mee-Sook Kim. 2017. Insights into the phylogeny of Northern Hemisphere Armillaria: Neighbor-net and Bayesian analyses of translation elongation factor 1-α gene sequences
Zhihao Su, Bryce A. Richardson, Li Zhuo, Xiaolong Jiang. 2017. Divergent population genetic structure of the endangered Helianthemum (Cistaceae) and its implication to conservation in northwestern China
Bryce A. Richardson, Linsay Chaney, Nancy L. Shaw, Shannon M. Still. 2017. Will phenotypic plasticity affecting flowering phenology keep pace with climate change?
Martha M. Brabec, Matthew J. Germino, Bryce A. Richardson. 2017. Climate adaption and post-fire restoration of a foundational perennial in cold desert: Insights from intraspecific variation in response to weather
Lindsay Chaney, Bryce A. Richardson, Matthew J. Germino. 2016. Climate drives adaptive genetic responses associated with survival in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Jennifer Forbey, Gail Patricelli, Donna Delparte, Alan Krakauer, Peter Olsoy, Marcella Fremgen, Jordan Nobler, Nancy Glenn, Lucas Spaete, Bryce A. Richardson, Lisa Shipley, Jessica Mitchell. 2016. Overview of a workshop to expand the use of emerging technology to understand the ecology of grouse in a changing climate
Deidre M. Jaeger, Justin B. Runyon, Bryce A. Richardson. 2016. Signals of speciation: Volatile organic compounds resolve closely related sagebrush taxa, suggesting their importance in evolution
Deborah M. Finch, D. A. Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, C. J. Colt, Kas Dumroese, Stanley G. Kitchen, C. McCarthy, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2016. Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science
Kas Dumroese, Tara Luna, Bryce A. Richardson, Francis F. Kilkenny, Justin B. Runyon. 2015. Conserving and restoring habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse and other sagebrush-obligate wildlife: The crucial link of forbs and sagebrush diversity
Bryce A. Richardson, Hector G. Ortiz, Stephanie L. Carlson, Deidre M. Jaeger, Nancy L. Shaw. 2015. Genetic and environmental effects on seed weight in subspecies of big sagebrush: Applications for restoration
Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Todd Esque, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2015. Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.): State of our knowledge and future challenges [Chapter 10]
Mark D. Huynh, Justin T. Page, Bryce A. Richardson, Joshua A. Udall. 2015. Insights into transcriptomes of Big and Low sagebrush
Deborah M. Finch, Douglas Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, Chris Colt, Clint McCarthy, Stanley G. Kitchen, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2015. USDA Forest Service Sage-Grouse Conservation Science Strategy
Shannon M. Still, Bryce A. Richardson. 2015. Projections of contemporary and future climate niche for Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate subsp. wyomingensis): A guide for restoration
Martin P. Schilling, Paul G. Wolf, Aaron M. Duffy, Hardeep S. Rai, Carol A. Rowe, Bryce A. Richardson, Karen E. Mock. 2014. Genotyping-by-sequencing for Populus population genomics: An assessment of genome sampling patterns and filtering approaches
Bryce A. Richardson, Stanley G. Kitchen, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Matthew J. Germino, Gerald Rehfeldt, Susan E. Meyer. 2014. Adaptive responses reveal contemporary and future ecotypes in a desert shrub
Sarah J. Hines, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Bryce A. Richardson, Marcus V. Warwell, Mee-Sook Kim. 2013. Return of the king: Western white pine conservation and restoration in a changing climate
Sue Miller, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2013. Upwardly mobile in the western U.S. desert: Blackbrush shrublands respond to a changing climate
Amy Ross-Davis, J. E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, M.-S. Kim, B. J. Knaus, Richard Cronn, H. Rai, Bryce A. Richardson, G. I. McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2013. Transcriptome of an Armillaria root disease pathogen reveals candidate genes involved in host substrate utilization at the host-pathogen interface
Hardeep S. Rai, Karen E. Mock, Bryce A. Richardson, Richard Cronn, Katherine Hayden, Jessica W. Wright, Brian Knaus, Paul G. Wolf. 2013. Transcriptome characterization and detection of gene expression differences in aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Karen E. Mock, Bryce A. Richardson, Paul G. Wolf. 2013. Molecular tools and aspen management: A primer and prospectus
E. Durant McArthur, Bryce A. Richardson, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2013. Great Basin Experimental Range: Annotated bibliography
Bryce A. Richardson, Justin T. Page, Prabin Bajgain, Stewart Sanderson, Joshua A. Udall. 2012. Deep sequencing of amplicons reveals widespread intraspecific hybridization and multiple origins of polyploidy in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata, Asteraceae)
Jane E. Stewart, John W. Hanna, Mee-Sook Kim, Rich C. Cronn, Amy L. Ross-Davis, Hardeep S. Rai, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2012. De novo assembly and transcriptome characterization of an Armillaria solidipes mycelial fan
Bryce A. Richardson, Nancy L. Shaw, Rosemary L. Pendleton. 2012. Plant vulnerabilities and genetic adaptation (Chapter 4)
Bryce A. Richardson, Susan E. Meyer. 2012. Paleoclimate effects and geographic barriers shape regional population genetic structure of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima: Rosaceae)
Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Bryce A. Richardson, John E. Lundquist. 2011. Approaches to predicting potential impacts of climate change on forest disease: An example with Armillaria root disease
Prabin Bajgain, Bryce A. Richardson, Jared C. Price, Richard Cronn, Joshua A. Udall. 2011. Transcriptome characterization and polymorphism detection between subspecies of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Andrew D. Bower, Bryce A. Richardson, Valerie Hipkins, Regina Rochefort, Carol Aubry. 2011. Comparison of genetic diversity and population structure of Pacific Coast whitebark pine across multiple markers
Bryce A. Richardson, Marcus V. Warwell, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald. 2010. Integration of population genetic structure and plant response to climate change: sustaining genetic resources through evaluation of projected threats
Mee-Sook Kim, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral I. McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2010. Genetic diversity and structure of western white pine (Pinus monticola) in North America: A baseline study for conservation, restoration, and addressing impacts of climate change
Cuauhtemoc Saenz-Romero, Gerald Rehfeldt, Nicholas L. Crookston, Pierre Duval, Remi St-Amant, Jean Beaulieu, Bryce A. Richardson. 2010. Spline models of contemporary, 2030, 2060, and 2090 climates for Mexico and their use in understanding climate-change impacts on the vegetation
Bryce A. Richardson, A. K. M. Ekramoddoulah, J.-J. Liu, M.-S. Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2010. Current and future molecular approaches to investigate the white pine blister rust pathosystem
Bryce A. Richardson, Gerald Rehfeldt, Mee-Sook Kim. 2009. Congruent climate-related genecological responses from molecular markers and quantitative traits for western white pine (Pinus monticola)
Bryce A. Richardson, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Yuko Ota, Kwan Soo Woo, Richard C. Hamelin. 2009. Tracking the footsteps of an invasive plant pathogen: Intercontinental phylogeographic structure of the white-pine-blister-rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola
Brian W. Geils, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, Pauline Spaine, Bryce A. Richardson, Paul J. Zambino, Charles Shaw, James Walla, Russ Bulluck, Laura Redmond, Kent Smith. 2009. Recovery plan for Scots pine blister rust caused by Cronartium flaccidum (Alb. & Schwein.) G. Winter and Peridermium pini (Pers.) Lév. [syn. C. asclepiadeum (Willd.) Fr., Endocronartium pini (Pers.) Y. Hiratsuka]
Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim, John W. Hanna, Bryce A. Richardson, John E. Lundquist. 2009. Approaches to predicting potential impacts of climate change on forest disease: an example with Armillaria root disease
Mee-Sook Kim, Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2008. Western forest diseases and climate relations: Root diseases and climate change
Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein, P. J. Zambino, G. I. McDonald, Brian W. Geils, L. M. Carris. 2008. Influence of host resistance on the genetic structure of the white pine blister rust fungus in the western United States
Paul J. Zambino, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2007. A paradigm shift for white pine blister rust: Non-Ribes alternate hosts for Cronartium ribicola in North America
P. J. Zambino, Bryce A. Richardson, G. I. McDonald. 2007. First report of the white pine blister rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola, on Pedicularis bracteosa
Bryce A. Richardson, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Geral McDonald, Lori M. Carris. 2007. Assessing host specialization among aecial and telial hosts of the white pine blister rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola
Paul J. Zambino, Bryce A. Richardson, Geral McDonald, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2006. Non-Ribes alternate hosts of white pine blister rust: What this discovery means to whitebark pine
Geral McDonald, Bryce A. Richardson, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2006. Pedicularis and Castilleja are natural hosts of Cronartium ribicola in North America: A first report
Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Tobin L. Peever. 2005. Assessing forest-pathogen interactions at the population level [Chapter 3]
Bryce A. Richardson, Steven J. Runsfeld, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2002. DNA from bird-dispersed seed and wind-disseminated pollen provides insights into postglacial colonization and population genetic structure of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
Bryce A. Richardson, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Steven J. Brunsfeld. 2002. Assessing Clark's nutcracker seed-caching flights using maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA of whitebark pine

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College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID, B.A., Biology, 1996
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, M.S., Forest Resources, 2001
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Ph.D., Plant Pathology, 2006

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