| The estimation of daily rates of food consumption for fish JM Elliott, L Persson The journal of animal ecology, 977-991, 1978 | 883 | 1978 |
| Light limitation of nutrient-poor lake ecosystems J Karlsson, P Byström, J Ask, P Ask, L Persson, M Jansson Nature 460 (7254), 506-509, 2009 | 876 | 2009 |
| The ontogeny of piscivory and its ecological consequences GG Mittelbach, L Persson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55 (6), 1454-1465, 1998 | 698 | 1998 |
| Direct experimental evidence for alternative stable states: a review A Schröder, L Persson, AM De Roos Oikos 110 (1), 3-19, 2005 | 612 | 2005 |
| Comparative support for the niche variation hypothesis that more generalized populations also are more heterogeneous DI Bolnick, R Svanbäck, MS Araújo, L Persson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (24), 10075-10079, 2007 | 557 | 2007 |
| Prey refuges affecting interactions between piscivorous perch and juvenile perch and roach L Persson, P Eklov Ecology 76 (1), 70-81, 1995 | 474 | 1995 |
| Shifts in fish communities along the productivity gradient of temperate lakes—patterns and the importance of size‐structured interactions L Persson, S Diehl, L Johansson, G Andersson, SF Hamrin Journal of Fish Biology 38 (2), 281-293, 1991 | 461 | 1991 |
| Juvenile competitive bottlenecks: the perch (Perca fluviatilis)‐roach (Rutilus rutilus) interaction L Persson, LA Greenberg Ecology 71 (1), 44-56, 1990 | 437 | 1990 |
| Asymmetrical competition: are larger animals competitively superior? L Persson The American Naturalist 126 (2), 261-266, 1985 | 420 | 1985 |
| Dwarfs and giants: cannibalism and competition in size-structured populations D Claessen, AM de Roos, L Persson The American Naturalist 155 (2), 219-237, 2000 | 399 | 2000 |
| Individual diet specialization, niche width and population dynamics: implications for trophic polymorphisms R Svanbäck, L Persson Journal of Animal Ecology, 973-982, 2004 | 383 | 2004 |
| Terrestrial carbon and intraspecific size-variation shape lake ecosystems M Jansson, L Persson, AM De Roos, RI Jones, LJ Tranvik Trends in ecology & evolution 22 (6), 316-322, 2007 | 382 | 2007 |
| Size‐specific interactions in lake systems: predator gape limitation and prey growth rate and mortality L Persson, J Andersson, E Wahlstrom, P Eklov Ecology 77 (3), 900-911, 1996 | 379 | 1996 |
| Ontogenetic scaling of foraging rates and the dynamics of a size-structured consumer-resource model L Persson, K Leonardsson, AM De Roos, M Gyllenberg, B Christensen Theoretical population biology 54 (3), 270-293, 1998 | 376 | 1998 |
| The influence of size‐dependent life‐history traits on the structure and dynamics of populations and communities AM De Roos, L Persson, E McCauley Ecology Letters 6 (5), 473-487, 2003 | 364 | 2003 |
| Population and community ecology of ontogenetic development AM de Roos, L Persson Princeton University Press, 2013 | 355 | 2013 |
| Size-structured populations: ecology and evolution B Ebenman, L Persson Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 337 | 2012 |
| Size-dependent life-history traits promote catastrophic collapses of top predators AM De Roos, L Persson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (20), 12907-12912, 2002 | 327 | 2002 |
| Trophic interactions in temperate lake ecosystems: a test of food chain theory L Persson, S Diehl, L Johansson, G Andersson, SF Hamrin The American Naturalist 140 (1), 59-84, 1992 | 326 | 1992 |
| Size-dependent predation in piscivores: interactions between predator foraging and prey avoidance abilities D Lundvall, R Svanbäck, L Persson, P Byström Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56 (7), 1285-1292, 1999 | 322 | 1999 |
