Lonnie William Aarssen

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Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (2013) (1150)
A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. (2015) (646)
Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors. (2008) (454)
High productivity in grassland ecosystems : effected by species diversity or productive species ? (1997) (444)
On the relationship between r/K selection and environmental carrying capacity: a new habitat templet for plant life history strategies. (1990) (423)
No consistent effect of plant diversity on productivity. (2000) (344)
Ecological Combining Ability and Competitive Combining Ability in Plants: Toward a General Evolutionary Theory of Coexistence in Systems of Competition (1983) (317)
Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation? (2014) (308)
Neighbour manipulations in natural vegetation a review (1990) (213)
Hypotheses for the evolution of apical dominance in plants : implications for the interpretation of overcompensation (1995) (210)
Plants Helping PlantsNew evidence indicates that beneficence is important in vegetation (1988) (210)
Resource manipulations in natural vegetation: a review (1989) (172)
Taller plants have lower rates of molecular evolution (2013) (159)
Competitive ability and species coexistence: a 'plant's-eye' view (1989) (157)
The Specialization Hypothesis for Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants (1996) (154)
Fecundity allocation in herbaceous plants (1992) (146)
The interpretation of stem diameter–height allometry in trees: biomechanical constraints, neighbour effects, or biased regressions? (1999) (144)
Complex Competitive Relationships Among Genotypes of Three Perennial Grasses: Implications for Species Coexistence (1990) (126)
On the relationship between shade tolerance and shade avoidance strategies in woodland plants (1997) (117)
Biotic specialization between neighbouring genotypes in Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens from a permanent pasture (1985) (117)
Dispersion of traits related to competitive ability in an old‐field plant community (2007) (113)
Why are there so many small plants? Implications for species coexistence (2006) (113)
Conundrums of competitive ability in plants: what to measure? (2002) (113)
Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages (2014) (112)
Between-species patterns of covariation in plant size, seed size and fecundity in monocarpic herbs (2001) (110)
Death without sex—the ‘problem of the small’ and selection for reproductive economy in flowering plants (2008) (108)
AN INTERPRETATION OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN AGROPYRON REPENS (GRAMINAE) (1988) (103)
Interpreting reproductive allometry: Individual strategies of allocation explain size-dependent reproduction in plant populations (2009) (103)
The leaf size/number trade‐off in trees (2007) (102)
Allometry and development in herbaceous plants: functional responses of meristem allocation to light and nutrient availability. (2003) (99)
MATERNAL EFFECTS AT FOUR LEVELS IN SENECIO VULGARIS (ASTERACEAE) GROWN ON A SOIL NUTRIENT GRADIENT (1990) (99)
The separation of above- and below-ground competition in plants A review and critique of methodology (2001) (98)
Meristem allocation : a new classification theory for adaptive strategies in herbaceous plants (1996) (98)
What Selection: Herbivory or Competition? (1991) (98)
Why are most selfers annuals? A new hypothesis for the fitness benefit of selfing (2000) (93)
Genotypic variation in fecundity allocation in Arabidopsis thaliana (1992) (91)
On the density dependence of replacement-series competition experiments (1989) (91)
Pollination in Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae): the advantage of being tall. (1998) (90)
The Influence of Author Gender, National Language and Number of Authors on Citation Rate in Ecology (2009) (90)
Phenotypic Plasticity of Size--Fecundity Relationships in Arabidopsis Thaliana (1994) (89)
Publication bias and merit in ecology (2007) (89)
The effect of genetically based differences in seed size on seedling survival in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) (1991) (85)
Sex Ratio and Neighbor Effects in Monospecific Stands of Juniperus Virginiana (1992) (85)
Vegetation dynamics and neighbour associations in pasture-community evolution. (1985) (84)
Life history traits in selfing versus outcrossing annuals: exploring the 'time-limitation' hypothesis for the fitness benefit of self-pollination (2005) (83)
Causes and consequences of variation in competitive ability in plant communities (1992) (81)
Plastic allometry in young sugar maple (Acer saccharum): adaptive responses to light availability (1994) (78)
On correlations and causations between productivity and species richness in vegetation: predictions from habitat attributes (2001) (71)
To Name or Not to Name: The Effect of Changing Author Gender on Peer Review (2009) (69)
Reduced seed set in Elytrigia repens caused by allelopathic pollen from Phleum pratense (1995) (64)
The assembly of forest communities according to maximum species height along resource and disturbance gradients (2009) (62)
The advantage of being tall: Higher flowers receive more pollen in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) (1999) (60)
Predicting distributions of species richness and species size in regional floras: Applying the species pool hypothesis to the habitat templet model (2002) (59)
Within-species diversity in natural populations of Holcus lanatus, Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens from four different-aged pastures (1985) (58)
Bang for Your Buck: Rejection Rates and Impact Factors in Ecological Journals (2008) (57)
NEIGHBOR EFFECTS IN MAST YEAR SEEDLINGS OF ACER SACCHARUM (1989) (57)
Allometry and plasticity of meristem allocation throughout development in Arabidopsis thaliana (2001) (56)
Effect of nutrient level on competition intensity in the field for three coexisting grass species (1991) (55)
Pecking order of four plant species from pastures of different ages (1988) (55)
Heterospecific pollen transfer between sympatric species in a midsuccessional old‐field community (1996) (54)
Interpretation of the evolutionary consequences of competition in plants: an experimental approach (1985) (53)
Inter‐ and intraspecific relationships between shade tolerance and shade avoidance in temperate trees (2001) (51)
Why don't bigger plants have proportionately bigger seeds? (2005) (50)
The leaf size/number trade-off in herbaceous angiosperms (2010) (49)
Allometric gender allocation in Ambrosia Artemisiifolia (Asteraceae) has adaptive plasticity. (2004) (49)
Is the productivity of vegetation plots higher or lower when there are more species? Variable predictions from interaction of the 'sampling effect' and 'competitive dominance effect' on the habitat templet (2003) (42)
The evolutionary species pool hypothesis and patterns of freshwater diatom diversity along a pH gradient (2005) (41)
A TIME COMMITMENT HYPOTHESIS FOR SIZE‐DEPENDENT GENDER ALLOCATION (1997) (41)
Multi-scale phylogenetic structure in coastal dune plant communities across the globe (2014) (39)
Body size and fitness in plants: Revisiting the selection consequences of competition (2015) (39)
Effects of nutrient level on cost and benefit of apical dominance in Epilobium ciliatum. (1996) (39)
Why Is Fertility Lower in Wealthier Countries? The Role of Relaxed Fertility-Selection (2005) (38)
Offspring for the next generation: most are produced by small plants within herbaceous populations (2009) (38)
On the progress of ecology (1997) (36)
Pollen allelopathy among sympatric grassland species: in vitro evidence in Phleum pratense L. (1989) (36)
Allozymic variation in local apomictic populations of Lemna minor (Lemnaceae) (1993) (36)
Allelopathic Pollen Extract from Phleum pratense L. (Poaceae) Reduces Germination, In vitro, of Pollen of Sympatric Species (1995) (34)
Evidence of deterministic assembly according to flowering time in an old-field plant community (2013) (34)
Patterns of variation in meristem allocation across genotypes and species in monocarpic Brassicaceae (1999) (34)
Size inequality and the tragedy of the commons phenomenon in plant competition (2005) (34)
THE BIOLOGY OF CANADIAN WEEDS.: 76. Vicia angustifolia L.,V. cracca L., V. sativa L., V. tetrasperma (L.) Schreb. and V. villosa Roth. (1986) (33)
Competitive relations among species from pastures of different ages (1985) (33)
Neighbour relationships in grass–legume communities. I. Interspecific contacts in four grassland communities near London, Ontario (1977) (31)
The effect of seed orientation on germination in a uniform environment: differential success without genetic or environmental variation (1995) (31)
Competition and body size in plants: the between-species trade- off for maximum potential versus minimum reproductive threshold size (2011) (30)
In vitro allelopathic effects of pollen from three Hieracium species (Asteraceae) and pollen transfer to sympatric Fabaceae (1995) (29)
Testing for cost of apical dominance in vegetation: a field study of three species (1996) (29)
More plant biomass results in more offspring production in annuals, or does it? (2008) (29)
Fewer species because of uncommon habitat? Testing the species pool hypothesis for low plant species richness in highly productive habitats (2002) (29)
Environmental specialists: their prevalence and their influence on community-similarity analyses (2005) (28)
The use of contact sampling in studies of association in vegetation (1983) (27)
The role of plant species size in invasibility: a field experiment (2010) (27)
Apical Dominance as an Adaptation in Verbascum thapsus: Effects of Water and Nutrients on Branching (1997) (26)
Interpreting co-variation in species richness and productivity in terrestrial vegetation: Making sense of causations and correlations at multiple scales (2004) (26)
On the distinction between niche and competitive ability: Implications for coexistence theory (1984) (26)
Biological flora of the British Isles. No. 156. Hypochoeris radicata L. (Achyrophorus radicatus (L.) Scop.). (1983) (25)
Within-genus size distributions in angiosperms: Small is better (2010) (25)
Fitness consequences of branching in Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae). (2000) (24)
The cost of apical dominance in white pine (Pinus strobus L.) : Growth in multi-stemmed versus single-stemmed trees (1996) (23)
Patterns of reproductive effort in Arabidopsis thaliana: Confounding effects of size and developmental stage (1994) (23)
Meristem allocation and life-history evolution in herbaceous plants (2006) (22)
The influence of petals on reproductive success in the arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum) (1992) (22)
Legacy, Leisure and the ‘Work Hard – Play Hard’ Hypothesis (2016) (22)
Big plants—do they limit species coexistence? (2009) (22)
Erratum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (Nature (2014) 506 (89-92) (Doi:10.1038/nature12872)) (2014) (22)
Allelopathic Pollen Extract from Phleum pratense L. (Poaceae) Reduces Seed Set in Sympatric Species (1995) (21)
Do citations and impact factors relate to the real numbers in publications? A case study of citation rates, impact, and effect sizes in ecology and evolutionary biology (2012) (21)
Revising traditional theory on the link between plant body size and fitness under competition: evidence from old-field vegetation (2014) (20)
Neighbour effects on gender variation in Ambrosia artemisiifolia. (1994) (20)
Systematic Variation in Reviewer Practice According to Country and Gender in the Field of Ecology and Evolution (2008) (20)
Plant species size and density‐dependent effects on growth and survival (2014) (20)
Effects of shoot apex removal in Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae) : Assessing the costs of reproduction and apical dominance (1998) (20)
Functional relationships of leafing intensity to plant height, growth form and leaf habit (2012) (19)
Effects of Shoot Apex Removal and Fruit Herbivory on Branching, Biomass and Reproduction in Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae) (1998) (19)
Neighbour relationships in grass-legume ~~mmunities. 11. Temporal stability and community evolution (1979) (19)
The analysis of contact sampling data (2004) (19)
Predicting vegetation patterns from attributes of plant growth in grassland species (1989) (19)
Local plant species richness increases with regional habitat commonness across a gradient of forest productivity (2003) (18)
Response to Webb et al.: Double-blind review: accept with minor revisions (2008) (18)
Explaining Below-Replacement Fertility and Increasing Childlessness in Wealthy Countries: Legacy Drive and the “Transmission Competition” Hypothesis (2006) (18)
THE BIOLOGY OF CANADIAN WEEDS.: 50. Hypochoeris radicata L. (1981) (17)
Species evenness, not richness, has a consistent relationship with productivity in old-field vegetation (2003) (17)
Species association patterns in abandoned sand quarries (2004) (16)
A test of the reserve meristem hypothesis using Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae). (2000) (16)
Responses to defoliation in Holcus lanatus, Lolium perenne, and Trifolium repens from three different-aged pastures (1987) (16)
On Size, Fecundity, and Fitness in Competing Plants (2005) (16)
Ending elitism in peer-review publication (2009) (15)
Reducing size to increase number: a hypothesis for compound leaves (2012) (14)
Are peer-review filters optimal for the progress of science in ecology and evolution? (2012) (14)
Relationships between physiological and morphological attributes related to phosphate uptake in 25 genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana (1991) (14)
The role of apical dominance in the interpretation of adaptive architecture in prostrate plant species. (1997) (13)
Does it pay to have a “bigwig” as a co-author? (2008) (13)
The Four Pillars of Scholarly Publishing: The Future and a Foundation (2014) (13)
A reanalysis of interspecific association in an old pasture (1985) (13)
Effects of ‘Target’ Plant Species Body Size on Neighbourhood Species Richness and Composition in Old-Field Vegetation (2013) (13)
Some bold evolutionary predictions for the future of mating in humans (2007) (12)
Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (2014) (12)
Correction for non-linear relationships between root size and short term Pi uptake in genotype comparisons (1991) (12)
Does Publication in Top-Tier Journals Affect Reviewer Behavior? (2009) (11)
Phenotypic plasticity inLemna minor (Lemnaceae) (1992) (11)
Big plants — Do they affect neighbourhood species richness and composition in herbaceous vegetation? (2014) (11)
Interpretation of adaptive plasticity in Lemna minor (1992) (11)
Leafing intensity and the fruit size/number trade‐off in woody angiosperms (2016) (11)
Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (2014) (10)
Size distributions and dispersions along a 485-year chronosequence for sand dune vegetation (2012) (10)
Why biennials are so few: Habitat availability and the species pool (2000) (10)
What does body size mean, from the “plant's eye view”? (2016) (10)
Cleistogamy limits reduction in seed set in Danthonia compressa (Poaceae) caused by allelopathic pollen from Phleum pratense (Poaceae) (1996) (10)
Response to Whittaker: challenges in testing for gender bias (2008) (9)
Estimating fitness from offspring counts in clonal seed plants (2014) (9)
Species with larger body size do not dominate neighbourhood biomass production in old‐field vegetation (2017) (8)
Gender Bias in Offspring Preference: Sons Still a Higher Priority, But Only in Men — Women Prefer Daughters (2011) (8)
Good news for the people who love bad news: an analysis of the funding of the top 1% most highly cited ecologists (2012) (7)
Darwinism and Meaning (2010) (7)
Science Open Reviewed: An online community connecting authors with reviewers for journals (2012) (7)
The relationship between individual seed quality and maternal plant body size in crowded herbaceous vegetation (2014) (7)
Ideas for judging merit in manuscripts and authors (2010) (7)
Summer precipitation limits plant species richness but not overall productivity in a temperate mesic old‐field meadow (2019) (6)
The impact of non‐reproductive plant species on assessments of community structure and species co‐occurrence patterns (2016) (6)
Leaf size versus leaf numbertrade-offs in dioecious angiosperms (2013) (6)
Allozymic and morphometric variation inLemna minor (Lemnaceae) (1991) (5)
Ideas in Ecology and Evolution – A new open-access model dedicated to the rapid release of creativity in peer-review publication (2008) (5)
Interactions and coexistence of species in pasture community evolution (1983) (5)
Does double-blind review favor female authors? Reply (2008) (5)
Fertility Preference Inversely Related to ‘Legacy Drive’ in Women, But Not in Men: Interpreting the Evolutionary Roots, and Future, of the ‘Childfree’ Culture (2014) (5)
Short‐term competition for phosphate between two genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. (1991) (5)
Effects of ice storm canopy gaps on shoot architecture in young sugar maple (Acer saccharum)1 (2004) (5)
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: the Importance of Rejection, Power, and Editors in the Practice of Scientific Publishing (2013) (4)
Spatial indicators of plant community assembly from a 453-year sand-dune chronosequence (2011) (4)
How prevalent are pH-specialist diatoms? A reply to Telford et al. (2006) (2006) (4)
Progress Drive from Progress Pride (1999) (4)
Plasticity of morphological and isozymic traits in response to short-term environmental variation in Lemna minor L. (1994) (3)
Will Empathy Save Us? (2013) (3)
How big are bigwigs?: a reply to Havens (2008) (3)
Judging the quality of our research: a self-assessment test (2010) (3)
Recruitment Success for Mast Year Cohorts of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Over Three Decades of Heavy Deer Browsing (2017) (3)
Testing Hypotheses for Stem Bending in Tree Saplings (2007) (3)
The effects of moose ( Alces alces L.) on hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) seedling establishment in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada (2000) (3)
Resident species with larger size metrics do not recruit more offspring from the soil seed bank in old‐field meadow vegetation (2018) (3)
Valuation Branding for Bioscience Research in the Twenty-First Century (2013) (2)
Smaller species experience mild adversity under shading in an old‐field plant community (2021) (2)
Meet Homo absurdus--the only creature that refuses to be what it is (2019) (2)
Zanne et al. reply (2015) (2)
Not my brother's keeper: A thought experiment for Hamilton's rule (2009) (2)
Interpretation of age-structure gaps in hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) populations of Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada (2000) (2)
Structural defence is coupled with the leaf economic spectrum across saplings of spiny species (2020) (1)
The sapiens advantage (2017) (1)
No evidence of a generalized potential ‘cost’ of apical dominance for species that have strong apical dominance (2022) (1)
Do citations and impact factors relate to the real numbers in publications? A case study of citation rates, impact, and effect sizes in ecology and evolutionary biology (2012) (1)
Reply to “Doubtful pathways to cold tolerance in plants” (2015) (1)
Leafing intensity predicts fecundity allocation in herbaceous angiosperms (2019) (1)
What We Are: The Evolutionary Roots of Our Future (2022) (0)
PLANTS: FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES OF MERISTEM ALLOCATION TO LIGHT AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY' (2003) (0)
Will Empathy Save Us? (2013) (0)
Neighbourhood crowding severely limits seed offspring recruitment in a temperate mesic old-field meadow (2018) (0)
More renovation for the pyramid of human needs (2014) (0)
REPLACEMENT-SERIES COMPETITION EXPERIMENTS (1989) (0)
Group-Selection for 'Goodness'? An Account of Chickens, a Comparison with Plants, and Implications for Humans (2008) (0)
Referees used in 2003 (2004) (0)
Referees used in 1999 (2000) (0)
Schamp & Aarssen 2010 Oecologia Supplement (2015) (0)
The problem with data (2015) (0)
Referees used in 2000 (2001) (0)
Three common sources of error in peer review and how to minimize them (2016) (0)

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