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ResearcherID: M-7115-2015

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evolutionary ecology, mycorrhiza, life history

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Japan, United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

Biography

Evolutionary ecologist specializing in life history evolution, eco-evolutionary dynamics, and symbiosis, especially with regard to plants and fungi. Also create computational methods packages, particularly for R.

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Employment (4)

The University of Tokyo: Tokyo, JP

2023-04-01 to present | Professor (Organization for Programs on Environmental Science)
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Richard P. Shefferson

University of Tokyo: Meguro, Tokyo, JP

2016-05-01 to 2023-03-31 | Associate Professor (Organization for Programs in Environmental Sciences)
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Richard P. Shefferson

University of Tokyo: Tokyo, JP

2014-05-01 to 2016-04-30 | Associate professor (General Systems Studies)
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Richard P. Shefferson

University of Georgia: Athens, GA, US

2008-08-01 to 2014-04-30 | Assistant professor (Odum School of Ecology)
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Richard P. Shefferson

Education and qualifications (2)

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2000-06-01 to 2004-05-15 | PhD (Integrative Biology)
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University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

1998-08-01 to 2000-05-15 | MS (Range Management)
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Works (29)

Phylotranscriptomic analysis and genome evolution of the Cypripedioideae (Orchidaceae)

American Journal of Botany
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1047
Contributors: Sarah A. Unruh; Michael R. McKain; Yung‐I Lee; Tomohisa Yukawa; Melissa K. McCormick; Richard P. Shefferson; Ann Smithson; James H. Leebens‐Mack; J. Chris Pires
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The evolutionary impacts of conservation actions

Population Ecology
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-018-0614-9
Contributors: Richard P. Shefferson; Chase M. Mason; Kimberly M. Kellett; Eric W. Goolsby; Erin Coughlin; R. Wes Flynn
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Predicting evolution in response to climate change: the example of sprouting probability in three dormancy-prone orchid species

Royal Society Open Science
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160647
Contributors: Richard P. Shefferson; Ryo Mizuta; Michael J. Hutchings
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Demographic shifts related to mycoheterotrophy and their fitness impacts in twoCephalantheraspecies

Ecology
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1890/15-1336.1
Contributors: Richard P. Shefferson; Mélanie Roy; Ülle Püttsepp; Marc-André Selosse
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Eco‐evolutionary dynamics in plants: interactive processes at overlapping time‐scales and their implications

2015-07 | Other
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12432
OTHER-ID:

IND603407555
Contributors: Shefferson RP; Salguero‐Gómez R; Rees M
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Richard P. Shefferson via Europe PubMed Central

Life‐history costs make perfect sprouting maladaptive in two herbaceous perennials

2014-09 | Other
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12281
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IND600810995
Contributors: Shefferson RP; Warren RJ; Pulliam HR; Bonser S
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Richard P. Shefferson via Europe PubMed Central

Highly diverse and spatially heterogeneous mycorrhizal symbiosis in a rare epiphyte is unrelated to broad biogeographic or environmental features.

2013-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12536
PMID: 24112555
Contributors: Kartzinel TR; Trapnell DW; Shefferson RP
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Richard P. Shefferson via Europe PubMed Central

Relative importance of pollen and seed dispersal across a Neotropical mountain landscape for an epiphytic orchid.

2013-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12551
PMID: 24308648
Contributors: Kartzinel TR; Shefferson RP; Trapnell DW
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Richard P. Shefferson via Europe PubMed Central

Longitudinal analysis in Plantago: strength of selection and reverse-age analysis reveal age-indeterminate senescence.

2013-05 | Journal article
PMID: 26594060
PMC: PMC4652582
Contributors: Shefferson RP; Roach DA
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Richard P. Shefferson via Europe PubMed Central

Plants do not count… or do they? New perspectives on the universality of senescence.

2013-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12089
PMID: 23853389
PMC: PMC3708120
Contributors: Salguero-Gómez R; Shefferson RP; Hutchings MJ
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Richard P. Shefferson via Europe PubMed Central

Plantago lanceolata: Genetics and the environment interact to determine population dynamics

2012-04 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Linking vegetative dormancy to fitness in two long-lived herbaceous perennials

2012-02 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Impact of herbivory on flowering behaviour and life history trade-offs in a polycarpic herb: a 10-year experiment

2011-06-01 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Life history strategy in herbaceous perennials: inferring demographic patterns from the aboveground dynamics of a primarily subterranean, myco-heterotrophic orchid

2011-02-25 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Evolution of host breadth in broad interactions: mycorrhizal specificity in East Asian and North American rattlesnake plantains (Goodyera spp.) and their fungal hosts

2010-06-24 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Plantago: adaptive benefits of iteroparity in a short-lived, herbaceous perennial

2010-02 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

The evolutionary ecology of vegetative dormancy in mature herbaceous perennial plants

2009-09 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Weather and herbivores influence fertility in the endangered fern Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Rupr

2009-07-23 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Costs and benefits of fruiting to future reproduction in two dormancy-prone orchids

2007-07 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF MYCORRHIZAL SPECIFICITY AMONG LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHIDS

2007-06 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Dormancy is associated with decreased adult survival in the burnt orchid, Neotinea ustulata

2007-01 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Demographic response to shading and defoliation in two woodland orchids

2006-03 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

ADULT WHOLE-PLANT DORMANCY INDUCED BY STRESS IN LONG-LIVED ORCHIDS

2005-11 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

High specificity generally characterizes mycorrhizal association in rare lady's slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium

2005-01-10 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Evolutionary studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi: recent advances and future directions

2004-08 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

LIFE HISTORY TRADE-OFFS IN A RARE ORCHID: THE COSTS OF FLOWERING, DORMANCY, AND SPROUTING

2003-05 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Estimating Dormancy and Survival of a Rare Herbaceous Perennial Using Mark-Recapture Models

2001-01 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

ESTIMATING DORMANCY AND SURVIVAL OF A RARE HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL USING MARK–RECAPTURE MODELS

2001-01 | Journal article
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Richard P. Shefferson

Drivers of vegetative dormancy across herbaceous perennial plant species

Ecology Letters
Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12940
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ele.12940
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Richard P. Shefferson
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