Michael J. Crawley

29.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
152 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Crawley is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Crawley has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 65 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Crawley's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Plant and animal studies (50 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (26 papers). Michael J. Crawley is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Plant and animal studies (50 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (26 papers). Michael J. Crawley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Michael J. Crawley's co-authors include Mark Rees, Lindsay A. Turnbull, John N. Thompson, J. P. Barkham, Peter J. Edwards, G.R. Edwards, Tim Coulson, Josephine M. Pemberton, Bryan T. Grenfell and S. D. Albon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Crawley

150 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The R Book

2007 3.5k citations Michael J. Crawley profile →
GLIM for Ecologists.

1994 2.0k citations Michael J. Crawley et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Statistics: an introduction using R

2005 1.0k citations Michael J. Crawley profile →
Herbivory: the Dynamics of Animal-plant Interactions

1983 1.0k citations Michael J. Crawley profile →
Colonization, Succession and Stability.

1988 904 citations Michael J. Crawley et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Are plant populations seed‐limited? A review of seed sowing experiments

2000 794 citations Michael J. Crawley et al. profile →
Statistics

2005 764 citations Michael J. Crawley profile →
Age, Sex, Density, Winter Weather, and Population Crashes in Soay Sheep

2001 743 citations Tim Coulson, S. D. Albon et al. profile →
Herbivory: The Dynamics of Animal-Plant Interactions.

1984 627 citations Michael J. Crawley et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
What makes a community invasible

1987 422 citations Michael J. Crawley profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Crawley

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Using landscape biodiversity metrics to assess rewilding: A comparison of the Knepp Estate and an agricultural baseline at Boothby Wildland 2025 ·Ecological Solutions and Evidence ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael J. Crawley, (unknown), Catalina Estrada, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarina Pearce, (unknown), William D. Pearse	0
2	Hyperspectral sensing of aboveground biomass and species diversity in a long-running grassland experiment 2025 ·Ecological Informatics ·(unknown), Keith J. Bloomfield, Michael J. Crawley, Catalina Estrada, I. Colin Prentice	4
3	The dynamics of vegetation grazed by a food‐limited population of Soay sheep on St Kilda 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Michael J. Crawley, Robin J. Pakeman, S. D. Albon, Jill G. Pilkington, Ian R. Stevenson, Michael B. Morrissey, Owen R. Jones, Eric Allan, Ana I. Bento, Helen Hipperson, (unknown), Josephine M. Pemberton	9
4	Interactions between plant genome size, nutrients and herbivory by rabbits, molluscs and insects on a temperate grassland 2019 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Maïté S. Guignard, Michael J. Crawley, (unknown), Richard A. Nichols, Mark Trimmer, Andrew R. Leitch, Ilia J. Leitch	18
5	Beyond the EDGE with EDAM: Prioritising British Plant Species According to Evolutionary Distinctiveness, and Accuracy and Magnitude of Decline 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·William D. Pearse, Mark W. Chase, Michael J. Crawley, Konrad Dolphin, Michael F. Fay, Jeffrey A. Joseph, Gary D. Powney, Chris Preston, Giovanni Rapacciuolo, David B. Roy, Andy Purvis	10
6	Grassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition 2015 ·Nature ·Jonathan Storkey, A. J. Macdonald, P. R. Poulton, T. Scott, I. Köhler, H. Schnyder, K. W. T. Goulding, Michael J. Crawley	137
7	Contemporary Evolution of Plant Growth Rate Following Experimental Removal of Herbivores 2013 ·The American Naturalist ·Nash E. Turley, (unknown), Hanno Schaefer, (unknown), Michael J. Crawley, Marc T. J. Johnson	33
8	Testing the distinctness of shoot ionomes of angiosperm families using the Rothamsted Park Grass Continuous Hay Experiment 2012 ·New Phytologist ·Philip J. White, Martin R. Broadley, Jacqueline A. Thompson, James W. McNicol, Michael J. Crawley, P. R. Poulton, A. E. Johnston	67
9	Contrasting effects of insect and molluscan herbivores on plant diversity in a long-term field experiment 2011 ·Ecology Letters ·Eric Allan, Michael J. Crawley	96
10	Educational services for hospitalized children 2009 ·Paediatrics & Child Health ·Savithiri Ratnapalan, Meera Rayar, Michael J. Crawley	20
11	Habitat Dependence and Correlations between Elasticities of Long‐Term Growth Rates 2008 ·The American Naturalist ·Thomas H. G. Ezard, Jean‐Michel Gaillard, Michael J. Crawley, Tim Coulson	16
12	ESTIMATING THE FUNCTIONAL FORM FOR THE DENSITY DEPENDENCE FROM LIFE HISTORY DATA 2008 ·Ecology ·Tim Coulson, Thomas H. G. Ezard, Fanie Pelletier, Giacomo Tavecchia, Nils Chr. Stenseth, Dylan Z. Childs, Jill G. Pilkington, J. M. Pemberton, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, T. H. Clutton-Brock, Michael J. Crawley	73
13	Determinants of Species Richness in the Park Grass Experiment 2005 ·The American Naturalist ·Michael J. Crawley, A. E. Johnston, Jonathan Silvertown, M Dodd, Claire de Mazancourt, Matthew Heard, (unknown), G.R. Edwards	228
14	What limits herb biomass in grasslands: competition or herbivory? 2004 ·Oecologia ·Ek del‐Val, Michael J. Crawley	52
15	Contrasting dynamics in the same plant–herbivore interaction 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael B. Bonsall, E. van der Meijden, Michael J. Crawley	22
16	Ecology : nonlinearity and the Moran effect. 2000 ·Nature ·Bryan T. Grenfell, Bärbel Finkenstädt, Kenneth Wilson, Tim Coulson, Michael J. Crawley	8
17	Comparative ecology of the native and alien floras of the British Isles 1996 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Michael J. Crawley, Paul Harvey, Andy Purvis	256
18	Pathogens and the structure of plant communities 1994 ·Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Andrew P. Dobson, Michael J. Crawley	180
19	Stability in the plant communities of the Park Grass Experiment: the relationships between species richness, soil pH and biomass variability 1994 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·M Dodd, Jonathan Silvertown, Kevin McConway, Jacqueline M. Potts, Michael J. Crawley	57
20	The effects of grazers on the performance of individuals and populations of scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata 1992 ·Oecologia ·Joy Bergelson, Michael J. Crawley	59

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