Welcome to the research pages of Dr. Leif Richardson. I'm a conservation biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, where I run the California Bumble Bee Atlas, a multi-year community science project to survey the diversity and distributions of the state's 25+ native bumble bee species. I was previously an ecological consultant at Stone Environmental, and a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Dr. Taylor Ricketts at the University of Vermont. I completed graduate work at Dartmouth College in the lab of Dr. Rebecca Irwin, and before this served as State Lands Ecologist with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
My work focuses on interactions among species, in particular those involving bees, their parasites, and the plants they pollinate. I also study agricultural pollination, effects of pesticides on bee pollinators, and the causes and consequences of bee species declines.
My work focuses on interactions among species, in particular those involving bees, their parasites, and the plants they pollinate. I also study agricultural pollination, effects of pesticides on bee pollinators, and the causes and consequences of bee species declines.
Photo: Adrian Carper
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Riverside, CA
(802) 793-6449
leif.richardson@xerces.org
leifr7@gmail.com
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Riverside, CA
(802) 793-6449
leif.richardson@xerces.org
leifr7@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Google Scholar profile
