Michael John Crawley FRS (born 1949) is a British Emeritus Professor of Plant Ecology at Imperial College London.[1] He is based at Silwood Park campus near Ascot, Berkshire.

Mick Crawley
Born
Michael John Crawley

1949 (age 74–75)
Rothbury, Northumberland
EducationWharrior Street Primary School, Newcastle

Newcastle Cathedral Choir School Longhoughton Primary School

Duke's School Alnwick
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Known forLong-term field experiments in ecology, concentrating on plant-herbivore interactions
Scientific career
FieldsPlant ecology
InstitutionsImperial College London
Thesis (1973)
Doctoral advisorGordon Conway FRS
Doctoral studentsRosie Hails
Websitewww.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/mjcraw/crawley.htm

His research focuses on the relationship between plants and their herbivores, and on the way that alien plants modify plant community dynamics.

Publications

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Crawley has been author or co-author of several books and many scientific papers. These include:

  • Clive A. Stace and Michael J. Crawley 2015 Alien Plants New Naturalist Library Book 129. William Collins ISBN 978-000750215-8 640pp

References

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  1. ^ "Publications - m.crawley". Imperial College London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2010.