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Temperature and organism size-A biological law for ectotherms? Advances in Ecological Research 25: 1 (1994) (1956)
Why are organisms usually bigger in colder environments? Making sense of a life history puzzle. (1997) (733)
Warming-induced reductions in body size are greater in aquatic than terrestrial species (2012) (385)
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising roots of the grass species Agrostis capillaris and Lolium perenne in a field experiment (2004) (348)
The intraspecific scaling of metabolic rate with body mass in fishes depends on lifestyle and temperature. (2010) (315)
The herbicide glyphosate. (1985) (288)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal induced changes to plant growth and root system morphology in Prunus cerasifera. (1995) (241)
How rearing temperature affects optimal adult size in ectotherms (1994) (232)
Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia (2015) (226)
How important is climate? Effects of warming, nutrient addition and fish on phytoplankton in shallow lake microcosms (2003) (224)
EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE SIZE OF AQUATIC ECTOTHERMS: EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL RULE (1995) (221)
Plant root growth: an ecological perspective. (1992) (213)
Global warming and eutrophication: effects on water chemistry and autotrophic communities in experimental hypertrophic shallow lake mesocosms (2009) (196)
Predicting marine phytoplankton maximum growth rates from temperature: Improving on the Eppley curve using quantile regression (2008) (195)
Temperature-size responses match latitudinal-size clines in arthropods, revealing critical differences between aquatic and terrestrial species. (2015) (190)
Animals and Temperature: Ectotherm life-history responses to developmental temperature (1996) (188)
From cells to colonies: at what levels of body organization does the ‘temperature‐size rule’ apply? (2006) (181)
Spatial structure in soil chemical and microbiological properties in an upland grassland. (2004) (178)
Ecological Influences and Morphological Correlates of Resting and Maximal Metabolic Rates across Teleost Fish Species (2016) (163)
Biocontrol of plant pathogens using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (1994) (152)
The Impact of Climate Change on Fertility. (2019) (144)
Using nitrogen budgets to indicate nitrogen use efficiency and losses from whole farm systems: a comparison of three methodological approaches (1999) (142)
Root Development and Function. (1988) (131)
Effects of simulated climate warming on macrophytes in freshwater microcosm communities (2002) (119)
Root Characteristics: Why and What to Measure (2000) (117)
SOME GENERAL EFFECTS OF PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (1973) (105)
Why polar gigantism and Palaeozoic gigantism are not equivalent: effects of oxygen and temperature on the body size of ectotherms (2013) (104)
Using Q10: Can growth rates increase linearly with temperature? (2003) (99)
Environment and animal development : genes, life histories and plasticity (2001) (84)
Mineral nutrition of fruit trees. (1980) (84)
Macro-zooplankter responses to simulated climate warming in experimental freshwater microcosms (2002) (83)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal-induced alteration to root architecture in strawberry and induced resistance to the root pathogenPhytophthora fragariae (1996) (83)
How do organisms change size with changing temperature? The importance of reproductive method and ontogenetic timing (2011) (82)
Temperature, plant development and crop yields (1996) (82)
Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature–size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen (2020) (81)
Body shape shifting during growth permits tests that distinguish between competing geometric theories of metabolic scaling. (2014) (80)
Structure and function in desert root systems. (1991) (79)
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induced alteration in poplar root system morphology (1992) (74)
Impact of mycorrhizal colonisation on root architecture, root longevity and the formation of growth regulators (1994) (74)
Local adaptation to higher temperatures reduces immigration success of genotypes from a warmer region in the water flea Daphnia (2009) (74)
Differences in root longevity of some tree species. (1998) (70)
Experimental thermal microevolution in community-embedded Daphnia populations (2010) (70)
Effects of temperature on anti-predator behaviour in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata (1998) (69)
Influence of simulated climate change and eutrophication on three‐spined stickleback populations: a large scale mesocosm experiment (2010) (65)
Methodology for the study of roots in field experiments and the interpretation of results. (1991) (63)
17 – THE GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT TREE ROOTS: SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR NUTRIENT UPTAKE (1980) (61)
The application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to micropropagation systems: an opportunity to reduce chemical inputs (1994) (58)
Environment-induced Modifications to Root Longevity in Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens (2000) (55)
The growth, activity and distribution of the fruit tree root system (1983) (54)
Evaluation of alternative hypotheses to explain temperature-induced life history shifts in Daphnia (2004) (52)
Shape shifting predicts ontogenetic changes in metabolic scaling in diverse aquatic invertebrates (2015) (52)
'Do temperature-food interactions matter? Responses of production and its components in the model heterotrophic flagellate Oxyrrhis marina (2006) (51)
The Distribution and Effectiveness of the Roots of Tree Crops (2011) (50)
11 – Influence of Root System Morphology and Development on the Need for Fertilizers and the Efficiency of Use (1990) (50)
Marine Ecosystems and Climate Variation: The North Atlantic – A Comparative Perspective (2006) (50)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi induced alteration to root longevity of poplar (1995) (49)
Antipredator reaction norms for life history traits in Daphnia pulex: dependence on temperature and food (2002) (48)
Seasonal body size reductions with warming covary with major body size gradients in arthropod species (2017) (48)
A global synthesis of seasonal temperature–size responses in copepods (2016) (48)
Offspring size responses to maternal temperature in ectotherms (2001) (47)
Water temperature influences the shoaling decisions of guppies, Poecilia reticulata, under predation threat (1999) (47)
Short‐term temperature change may impact freshwater carbon flux: a microbial perspective (2008) (47)
Spatial and temporal aspects of root distribution as indicated by the use of a root observation laboratory (1985) (46)
Seasonal time constraints do not explain exceptions to the temperature size rule in ectotherms (2006) (44)
Insect temperature-body size trends common to laboratory, latitudinal and seasonal gradients are not found across altitudes (2018) (43)
On the solutions to a major life-history puzzle (1996) (41)
THE ROOT-SOIL INTERFACE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR FRUIT TREE ROOTS OF DIFFERENT AGES (1979) (41)
Prospects, advantages and limitations of future crop production systems dependent upon the management of soil processes (2005) (40)
Differential effects of warming and nutrient loading on the timing and size of the spring zooplankton peak: an experimental approach with hypertrophic freshwater mesocosms. (2010) (40)
Response of macroinvertebrates to warming, nutrient addition and predation in large-scale mesocosm tanks (2007) (40)
The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and environment on root development in soil (2003) (39)
The clear-felling of sand-dune plantations: Soil and vegetational processes in habitat restoration (1993) (38)
Some effects of orchard soil management on the mineral nutrition of apple trees. (1980) (36)
THE USE OF SOIL RESOURCES IN HIGH DENSITY PLANTING SYSTEMS (1978) (33)
The influence of climate change scenarios on populations of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum (2000) (31)
Effects of nitrogen fertiliser on tree/pasture competition during the establishment phase of a silvopastoral system (1994) (29)
Reproductive variation and adult size in two co‐occurring grasshopper species (1987) (28)
Equal temperature–size responses of the sexes are widespread within arthropod species (2015) (28)
Involvement of roots and rhizosphere microflora in the chemical weathering of soil minerals. (1991) (27)
Effects of toxic concentrations of metals on root growth and development. (1991) (27)
Application of computer-aided image analysis to studies of arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi effects on plant root system morphology and dynamics (1992) (26)
Soil selenium treatments to ameliorate selenium deficiency in herbage (1992) (25)
The effect of orchard soil management on the uptake of nitrogen by established apple trees (1979) (25)
Effect of an introduced inoculum on soil microbial diversity (1994) (25)
Crop protection and its integration within sustainable farming systems (1997) (24)
Heated aquatic microcosms for climate change experiments (2010) (24)
The Measurement and Analysis of Fine Root Longevity (2000) (24)
THE INFLUENCE OF PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY ON THE TRANSPIRATION OF ARCTIUM MINUS BERNH. (1972) (23)
The malaria vectors of the Lower Shire valley, Malawi. (2002) (23)
Consequences of the activity of roots on soil. (1991) (23)
Root Growth: Methods of Measurement (2000) (22)
EFFECTS OF SOME PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON WATER USE AND THE UPTAKE OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS BY TREE CROPS (1986) (21)
Observations on the Phosphorus Nutrition of Two Sand Dune Communities at Ross Links (1973) (21)
Selection for increased male size predicts variation in sexual size dimorphism among fish species (2020) (20)
Ecological pressures and the contrasting scaling of metabolism and body shape in coexisting taxa: cephalopods versus teleost fish (2019) (19)
Seasonal changes in the length of white unsuberized root on raspberry plants grown under irrigated conditions (1973) (19)
The effect of some plant growth regulators and herbicides on root system morphology and activity (1983) (19)
Anthropogenic stressors affect fungal more than bacterial communities in decaying leaf litter: A stream mesocosm experiment. (2019) (17)
Some observations on the root growth of young apple trees and their uptake of nutrients when grown in herbicided strips in grassed orchards (1977) (17)
Crop protection--what will shape the future picture? (2004) (17)
Tree Root Systems and Their Mycorrhizas (1983) (16)
Disease Epidemiology in Arthropods Is Altered by the Presence of Nonprotective Symbionts (2014) (16)
Effects of alley sward width, irrigation and nitrogen fertiliser on growth and yield of Cox's orange pippin apple trees (1990) (15)
Seasonal Periodicity of Black Currant Root Growth and the Influence of Simulated Mechanical Harvesting (1972) (15)
Root growth and activity: current performance and future potential. (1989) (15)
The effect of paclobutrazol on the water use of fruit plants at two temperatures (1987) (15)
THE EFFECTS OF PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY ON WATER CONTENT AND RESPONSE TO DROUGHT (1973) (14)
Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on stream macroinvertebrate community composition and functional diversity (2020) (14)
Rapid shifts in the thermal sensitivity of growth but not development rate causes temperature–size response variability during ontogeny in arthropods (2019) (14)
The contribution of roots and reserves to tree nutrient demands: implication for the interpretation of analytical data. (1990) (14)
Some observations on the distribution of root activity in apple trees (1974) (14)
Crop protection in organic agriculture - a simple matter? (2002) (13)
Soil Biotechnology: Microbial Factors in Crop Productivity. (1985) (13)
Adult size variation in two co-occurring grasshopper species in a sand-dune habitat (1988) (13)
Ecological correlates and heritability of reproductive variation in two co‐occurring grasshopper species (1987) (13)
WATER USE AND THE CONTROL OF WATER STRESS IN HIGH DENSITY PLANTINGS (1981) (12)
Tree root development : the role of models in understanding the consequences of arbuscular endomycorrhizal infection (1992) (12)
Effect of living roots on carbon and nitrogen of the soil microbial biomass. (1991) (12)
The effects of (2RS, 3RS)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4, 4-dimethyl-2-(1H-1,2,4 triazol-1-yl) pentan-3-ol (Paclobutrazol:PP333) and root pruning on the growth, water use and response to drought of Colt Cherry rootstocks (1985) (12)
A new framework for growth curve fitting based on the von Bertalanffy Growth Function (2020) (11)
Water and nitrate redistribution in soil as affected by root distribution and absorption. (1991) (11)
Soil Microbial Resources and Agricultural Policies (2009) (11)
How long is the life span of a root? (1992) (11)
Preliminary observations of the effect of spacing on the apple root system (1976) (10)
THE EFFECTS OF PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY ON THE GROWTH OF EPILOBIUM MONTANUM L. (1971) (10)
A partial chloroform-fumigation technique to characterise the spatial location of bacteria introduced into soil (1994) (9)
Efficacy of glyphosate in the control of aquatic weeds. (1985) (9)
Spatial variation in food supply, mating behavior, and sexually transmitted disease epidemics (2013) (8)
Body size and shape responses to warming and resource competition (2021) (8)
Integrated Approaches to Studying Male and Female Thermal Fertility Limits. (2019) (8)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and the Formand Functioning of the Root System (2006) (8)
Ecological factors contributing to variation in the scaling of metabolic rate with body mass in fishes (2008) (8)
A synthesis of major environmental-body size clines of the sexes within arthropod species (2019) (8)
Life histories and body size (2007) (8)
Effect of nitrogen and sulphur fertilization on the yield and composition of winter oilseed rape (1993) (7)
Fine sediment and flow velocity impact bacterial community and functional profile more than nutrient enrichment. (2020) (7)
The role of host phenology in determining the incidence of an insect sexually transmitted infection (2016) (7)
The effect of in vitro cytokinin concentration on the fruiting and growth of conventionally propagated strawberry runner progeny. (1988) (7)
Top and root growth and nutrient absorption of Prunus avium L. at two soil pH and P levels (2004) (7)
Sexual showiness and parasite load: correlations without parasite coevolutionary cycles. (1991) (6)
Soil S availability in upland pastures of NE Scotland: relationship of extractable soil S and soil respiration to soil and site characteristics (1999) (6)
The research needs of organic farming: distinct or just the same as other agricultural research? (2000) (6)
THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL METHODS ON THE WATER RELATIONS OF FRUIT TREES (1985) (6)
Nitrogen Fixation by Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture. (1989) (6)
THE EFFECT ON SOIL CONDITION OF HERBICIDE USE IN FRUIT PLANTATIONS (1980) (5)
Corrigendum: Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia (2015) (5)
THE EFFECT OF PACLOBUTRAZOL ON THE GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS : SOME INITIAL RESULTS (1986) (5)
Efficacy of glyphosate for weed control in the tropics and sub-tropics. (1985) (5)
Interactions between climate and terrestrial ecosystems. (1992) (5)
The use of glyphosate in fruit trees: effects on the suckers and on the trees (1978) (4)
Changes in grasshopper distribution and abundance at sites in the north Merseyside sand dunes (1988) (4)
Application of selenium prills to improve the selenium supply to a grass/clover sward (1990) (4)
Geometrical constraints on body size Reply from D. Atkinson and R.M. Sibly. (1997) (3)
'Climate change, eutrophication and shallow lakes: a prognosis (2008) (3)
THE EFFECT OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION ON THE SUBSEQUENT INITIAL PERFORMANCE OF MICROPROPAGATED STRAWBERRY PLANTS (1986) (3)
Combined effects of water temperature, grazing snails and terrestrial herbivores on leaf decomposition in urban streams (2019) (3)
Time-Lapse Cinematographic Studies of Fruit Tree Root Growth (1979) (3)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: their role in the ability of crops to cope with stress. (2003) (3)
The effect of preplanting soil preparation and soil management on soil physical parameters in an apple orchard (1985) (3)
Organic agriculture and GM crops. (2002) (3)
Automated analysis of roots in bulk soil. (1991) (3)
Nitrogen fixation and soil nitrogen in organic ley arable rotations (2002) (3)
The effect of weeds and grass on apple yield and quality. (1983) (3)
Effect of soil cultivation and plant spacing on the growth and cropping of strawberry (1988) (3)
effect of the herbicide strip system of management on root growth of young apple trees and the soil zones from which they take up mineral nutrients (1976) (3)
Efficacy of glyphosate in nursery stock and amenity horticulture. (1985) (2)
The influence of orchard soil management on the growth and productivity of young apple trees. (1980) (2)
Effects of paclobutrazol on the growth and yield of strawberry (Fragaria ananassaDuch.) (1988) (2)
The effect of several herbicides on moss establishment in orchards. (1980) (2)
The use of plant growth regulators in the management of orchard swards: some preliminary results with mefluidide. (1980) (2)
Termites have wider thermal limits to cope with environmental conditions in savannas (2022) (2)
THE OPTIMISATION OF THE SUPPLY OF MINERAL NUTRIENTS TO FRUIT TREES THROUGH DIAGNOSIS (1997) (2)
Observations on the influence of orchard soil management on simazine movement (1976) (2)
Agriculture - reconciling ancient tensions (2002) (2)
Root morphogenesis in a micropropagated fruit plant, as influenced by endomycorrhizal infection (1992) (2)
Differences in the root longevity of four tree species (1997) (1)
Density‐dependent modulation of copepod body size and temperature–size responses in a shelf sea (2021) (1)
Apple root systems for organic orchards: what might be the contribution of the rootstock? (2018) (1)
Molecular biology : its practice and role in crop protection : proceedings of a special introductory session held at the Brighton Crop Protection Conference - Weeds 1991, 18th November 1991 (1991) (1)
Van der Heijden, M.G.A. and Sanders, I.R. (eds) Microrhizal ecology (2003) (1)
Crop Attributes Facilitating the Use of Soil Resources (2019) (1)
Recommendations for future action (2007) (1)
Anthropogenic Carrion Subsidy and Herbicide Glyphosate Depressed Leaf-Litter Breakdown: Effects on Environmental Health in Streams (2022) (1)
Community-level relationships between vegetation and soil microorganisms in UK upland grasslands. Perspectives from the Micronet Programme (2000) (1)
CONSTRAINT AND RESTRAINT IN BREEDING BIRDS (2008) (1)
THE USE OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS FOR THE CONTROL OF ORCHARD SWARDS (1986) (1)
Human impacts on European ecosystems (1990) (1)
Sustainable agriculture: more than one way ahead (2003) (1)
The effects of nitrogen, phosphorus and mycorrhizal infection on root and shoot growth of two contrasting genotypes of Betula pendula Roth (1998) (1)
Agriculture group symposium soil/plant/water relations (1978) (1)
Water abstraction from the River Spey area for domestic and agricultural purposes and its effect on agriculture (1988) (1)
Effects of anthropogenic subsidy and glyphosate on macroinvertebrates in streams (2020) (1)
Assessing the impact of male-killing bacteria on the spread of a sexually transmitted infection (2015) (1)
Nitrogen fixation in first and second year grass/white clover leys of two organic rotations. (2000) (1)
Ford, B.J. (ed.) GM Crops: the scientists speak. (2004) (0)
Termites have developed wider thermal limits to cope with environmental conditions in savannas (2021) (0)
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF SOIL MANAGEMENT AND SOIL EFFECTS (1980) (0)
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON ION UPTAKE AND TRANSPORT (1980) (0)
Coping with the heat (2009) (0)
The potential role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the bioprotection of plants against pathogens in organic production systems. (2000) (0)
Major differences in root longevity of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens at sites in Northern and Southern Europe (1995) (0)
Trees in the environment: their biology, management and impact (1994) (0)
Use of a root bioassay method to determine phosphorous availability and uptake for some crop species. (2000) (0)
Female fruit flies cannot protect stored sperm from high temperature damage (2021) (0)
Effect of nitrogen fertilizer on yield and quality of Moltke pear. (1980) (0)
What can research deliver for organic farming (2006) (0)
1 - . 2.5% °C ca Protists decrease in size linearly with temperature: (2011) (0)
Implications for wildlife, landscape and the environment of farming without pesticides. (1991) (0)
Variation in the natural enrichment of 15N in apple trees and soils (1987) (0)
Alteration of popular root longevity by arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation and its iimplications for nitrogen immobilisation (1996) (0)
Influence of Different Vegetation Management Regimes on Nitrogen Partitioning Within Agriforestry Systems (1992) (0)
Supplementary material from "Selection for increased male size predicts variation in sexual size dimorphism among fish species" (2020) (0)
HERBICIDE USE IN HIGH DENSITY PLANTING (1981) (0)
Mycorrhizal Activity, Resource and Microbial Cycles (2019) (0)
The application of participative research technology in the development of organic and GM cropping systems. (2000) (0)
A modular rhizotron for studying soil organisms: construction and establishment. (1991) (0)
East Malling and our understanding of the roots of fruit trees: past achievements and future prospects. (2013) (0)
R.L. Peterson, H.B. Massicotte, L.H. Melville, Mycorrhizas: Anatomy and Cell Biology, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon., 2004 (£40.00, ISBN 0-85199-901-8). (2006) (0)
Global climatic change : its implication for crop protection : proceedings of a symposium organised by the British Crop Protection Council held at the Brighton Metropole Hotel on 22 November 1993 (1993) (0)
Equal temperature-size responses of the sexes are widespread in arthropod 1 species 2 3 (2016) (0)
AM fungi induced changes to the root morphology of micropropagated Prunus cerasifera (1994) (0)
Tree Root Systems and Their Mycorrihizas. (1984) (0)
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF POSTHARVEST VACUUM INFILTRATION TREATMENTS (1980) (0)
Tree root growth: opportunities for more effective crop production by understanding soil utilization. (1990) (0)
BY THE NUMBERS: PROCESS DATA REVIEW REVEALS THE CAUSES OF DIGESTER INHIBITION (2001) (0)
Quantifying multivariate genotype-by-environment interactions, evolutionary potential and its context-dependence in natural populations of the water flea, Daphnia magna (2020) (0)
Root Location of Fruit Trees and its Agro-Technical Consequences . By J. Tamasi. Budapest: Akademiai Kiado (1986), pp. 199, £16.50. (1988) (0)
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE PREDICTION OF NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS (1980) (0)
Tree root systems and their mycorrhizas — Prelude (1983) (0)
Effect on soil of an introduced inoculum microbial diversity (1994) (0)
Integration of above and below ground ecosystem maintenance and development (1995) (0)

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