Mick Crawley

This article is about the British ecologist. For other people named Michael Crawley, see Michael Crawley (disambiguation).

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

Mick Crawley FRS
Born	Michael John Crawley 1949 (age 74–75) Rothbury, Northumberland
Education	Wharrior Street Primary School, Newcastle Newcastle Cathedral Choir School Longhoughton Primary School Duke's School Alnwick
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Known for	Long-term field experiments in ecology, concentrating on plant-herbivore interactions
Scientific career
Fields	Plant ecology
Institutions	Imperial College London
Thesis	(1973)
Doctoral advisor	Gordon Conway FRS
Doctoral students	Rosie Hails
Website	www.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

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