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Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
20612
World Ranking
1929
National Ranking
230

Overview

Richard Harrington is affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in subfields including nature and landscape conservation, genetics, paleontology, ecology, and aquatic science.

Their work covers a range of main topics relevant to genetic diversity and population structure, ichthyology and marine biology, fish biology, ecology, and behavior, as well as evolutionary and paleontological studies. This reflects an interdisciplinary approach integrating ecological and genetic perspectives in aquatic and terrestrial environments.

Recent publications by Harrington demonstrate engagement with both evolutionary biology and fish ecology. Notable papers include:

  • Synergistic innovations enabled the radiation of anglerfishes in the deep open ocean, 2024, Current Biology
  • Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Accelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishes, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A New Species of Bridled Darter Endemic to the Etowah River System in Georgia (Percidae: Etheostomatinae: Percina), 2021, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Frequent coauthors associated with Harrington's work include Hon Fres, Thomas J. Near, Gia Aradottir, Shaun L. Winterton, and Rebecca Farley-Brown. Collaborative efforts with these researchers span a significant number of publications, indicative of ongoing research partnerships.

Harrington's work has appeared repeatedly in several scientific venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These venues include:

  • Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Insect Molecular Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Best Publications

  • Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores

    Jeffery S. Bale;Gregory J. Masters;Ian D. Hodkinson;Caroline Awmack

  • Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

    Francesco de Bello;Sandra Lavorel;Sandra Myrna Diaz;Richard Harrington

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Aphids as crop pests

    H. F. van Emden;R. Harrington

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • Climate change and trophic interactions.

    Richard Harrington;Ian Woiwod;Tim Sparks

  • Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

    Marie Vandewalle;Marie Vandewalle;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Matty P. Berg;Thomas Bolger

  • Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

    Gary W. Luck;Richard Harrington;Paula A. Harrison;Claire Kremen

  • Insect-Fungus Interactions

    Richard Harrington;N. Wilding;N. M. Collins;P. M. Hammond

  • Climate change impacts on insect management and conservation in temperate regions: can they be predicted?

    Richard Harrington;Richard A. Fleming;Ian P. Woiwod

  • Altered performance of forest pests under atmospheres enriched by CO2 and O3.

    Kevin E. Percy;Caroline S. Awmack;Richard L. Lindroth;Mark E. Kubiske

  • Natural Enemies Drive Geographic Variation in Plant Defenses

    Tobias Züst;Christian Heichinger;Ueli Grossniklaus;Richard Harrington

  • A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services.

    Sandra Lavorel;Jonathan Storkey;Richard D. Bardgett;Francesco de Bello

  • Insects in a changing environment

    R. Harrington;N. Stork

  • Environmental change and the phenology of European aphids

    Richard Harrington;Suzanne J. Clark;Sue J. Welham;Paul J. Verrier

  • Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

    Paula A. Harrison;Marie Vandewalle;Martin T. Sykes;Pam M. Berry

  • Ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation: concepts and a glossary

    Richard Harrington;Christian Anton;Terence P. Dawson;Francesco de Bello

  • Phylogeny and temporal diversification of darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae).

    Thomas J. Near;Christen M. Bossu;Gideon S. Bradburd;Rose L. Carlson

  • Migration and genetic structure of the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) in Britain related to climate and clonal fluctuation as revealed using microsatellites.

    K S Llewellyn;H D Loxdale;Richard Harrington;C P Brookes

  • Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary.

    Michael E. Alfaro;Brant C. Faircloth;Richard C. Harrington;Richard C. Harrington;Laurie Sorenson

  • A conceptual framework to analyse the effects of environmental change on ecosystem services

    Paula Harrison;M Rounsevell;G Luck;R Harrington

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne J. Clark
Suzanne J. Clark Rothamsted Research
Ian P. Woiwod
Ian P. Woiwod Rothamsted Research
James R. Bell
James R. Bell Rothamsted Research
Helen E. Roy
Helen E. Roy Anglia Ruskin University
Mark Rounsevell
Mark Rounsevell University of Edinburgh
Ian Denholm
Ian Denholm University of Hertfordshire
Joe N. Perry
Joe N. Perry Rothamsted Research
Bethan V. Purse
Bethan V. Purse University of Glasgow
Alan L. Devonshire
Alan L. Devonshire The Hertz Corporation
Owen T. Lewis
Owen T. Lewis University of Oxford

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