David Atkinson

10.9k citations

88 papers · 6.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.5%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in

Ecology 56
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations 34
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 11
Ecological Modeling 9
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 9

Co-authors: Richard M. Sibly Andrew G. Hirst Douglas S. Glazier Curtis R. Horne Jack Forster Shaun S. Killen David J. S. Montagnes Brian Moss
Journals: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (5 papers)Functional Ecology (5 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (5 papers)Ecology Letters (5 papers)Oikos (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Denmark United States

In The Last Decade

David Atkinson

87 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature–size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen 2020 · 218 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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1	Locomotion Reveals Contrasting Responses in Body Mass‐Scaling of Metabolic Rates Between Winged and Wingless Arthropods Ecology Letters ·Vojsava Gjoni, J.C. Germon, Lin Jingyu, Pavel Kratina, David Atkinson	2025	1
2	Responses of intraspecific metabolic scaling to temperature and activity differ between water‐ and air‐breathing ectothermic vertebrates Ecology Letters ·郭韦伶, Andrew G. Hirst, Matthew Spencer, David Atkinson	2024	2
3	Long‐term shifts in phenology, thermal niche, population size, and their interactions in marine pelagic copepods Limnology and Oceanography ·Jhe-Ping Lin, Andrew G. Hirst, David Atkinson, Jasmin Renz, Maarten Boersma, Angus Atkinson	2024	2
4	Termites have wider thermal limits to cope with environmental conditions in savannas Journal of Animal Ecology ·T. Opara, David Atkinson, Stephen Adu‐Bredu, Paul Eggleton, Catherine L. Parr	2022	6
5	Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature–size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Wilco C. E. P. Verberk, David Atkinson, K. Natan Hoefnagel, Andrew G. Hirst, Curtis R. Horne, H. Siepel Hit paper breakdown →	2020	218
6	Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on stream macroinvertebrate community composition and functional diversity Ecology and Evolution ·Noël P. D. Juvigny‐Khenafou, Jeremy J. Piggott, David Atkinson, Yixin Zhang, Samuel J. Macaulay, Naicheng Wu, Christoph D. Matthaei	2020	49
7	Effects of anthropogenic subsidy and glyphosate on macroinvertebrates in streams Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·G Mulatier, Yixin Zhang, David Atkinson, Raju Sekar	2020	6
8	Rapid shifts in the thermal sensitivity of growth but not development rate causes temperature–size response variability during ontogeny in arthropods Oikos ·Curtis R. Horne, Andrew G. Hirst, David Atkinson, Rodrigo Almeda, Thomas Kiørboe	2019	19
9	A synthesis of major environmental-body size clines of the sexes within arthropod species Oecologia ·Curtis R. Horne, Andrew G. Hirst, David Atkinson	2019	9
10	Anthropogenic stressors affect fungal more than bacterial communities in decaying leaf litter: A stream mesocosm experiment The Science of The Total Environment ·Noël P. D. Juvigny‐Khenafou, Yixin Zhang, Jeremy J. Piggott, David Atkinson, Christoph D. Matthaei, Sunshine A. Van Bael, Naicheng Wu	2019	23
11	Combined effects of water temperature, grazing snails and terrestrial herbivores on leaf decomposition in urban streams PeerJ ·G Mulatier, Yixin Zhang, David Atkinson, Raju Sekar	2019	4
12	Seasonal Variations in the Limnology of Noell Lake in the Western Canadian Arctic Tracked by In Situ Observation Systems + Supplementary Appendix 1 (See Article Tools) ARCTIC ·K. Eanaori, Frederick J. Wrona, David Atkinson, A K Mittal	2018	4
13	Disease Epidemiology in Arthropods Is Altered by the Presence of Nonprotective Symbionts The American Naturalist ·Jonathan Ryder, Charles TaĂŻeb, Daniel Sanchis, Michael Bottery, Michael Boots, Andy Fenton, David Atkinson, Robert J. Knell, Gregory D. D. Hurst	2014	14
14	Heated aquatic microcosms for climate change experiments AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) ·Dermot McKee, David Atkinson, Florence Akosua Gyambibi, John W. Eaton, Ian F. Harvey, Keith Hatton, Tom Heyes, Martina Silva López, Unilson Soares Gomes, Brian Moss	2010	9
15	The intraspecific scaling of metabolic rate with body mass in fishes depends on lifestyle and temperature Ecology Letters ·Shaun S. Killen, David Atkinson, Douglas S. Glazier	2010	357
16	From cells to colonies: at what levels of body organization does the ‘temperature‐size rule’ apply? Evolution & Development ·David Atkinson, Simon A. Morley, Roger N. Hughes	2006	182
17	Macro‐zooplankter responses to simulated climate warming in experimental freshwater microcosms Freshwater Biology ·Dermot McKee, David Atkinson, S. E. Collings, John W. Eaton, Ian F. Harvey, Tom Heyes, Keith Hatton, David R. Wilson, Brian Moss	2002	66
18	Environment and animal development : genes, life histories and plasticity David Atkinson, M.C. Thorndyke	2001	109
19	Why are organisms usually bigger in colder environments? Making sense of a life history puzzle Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·David Atkinson, Richard M. Sibly Hit paper breakdown →	1997	671
20	Root growth and activity: current performance and future potential. Aspects of applied biology ·David Atkinson	1989	9

About David Atkinson

David Atkinson is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography, having authored 88 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (34 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (21 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (13 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (11 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (11 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (9 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.9k citations), Ecological Modeling (667 citations), Ecology (3.9k citations), Oceanography (1.4k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (977 citations). David Atkinson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. Frequent co-authors include Richard M. Sibly, Andrew G. Hirst, Douglas S. Glazier, Curtis R. Horne, Jack Forster, Shaun S. Killen, David J. S. Montagnes, Brian Moss, Benjamin J. Ciotti and Ian F. Harvey. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Functional Ecology, Limnology and Oceanography, Ecology Letters and Oikos.

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