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Overview

Mick E. Hanley is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Hanley focuses on several subfields, such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The main research topics include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Plant and animal studies

Hanley has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Annals of Botany
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • A global analysis of complexity-biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Fire as a Selective Agent for both Serotiny and Nonserotiny Over Space and Time, 2020, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
  • Native woodland establishment improves soil hydrological functioning in UK upland pastoral catchments, 2020, Land Degradation and Development
  • Facing up to climate change: Community composition varies with aspect and surface temperature in the rocky intertidal, 2021, Marine Environmental Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Louise B. Firth
  • Antony M. Knights
  • Richard C. Thompson
  • Paul Lunt
  • Andy Foggo

Best Publications

  • Plant structural traits and their role in anti-herbivore defence

    Mick E. Hanley;Mick E. Hanley;Byron B. Lamont;Meredith M. Fairbanks;Christine M. Rafferty

  • The city as a refuge for insect pollinators.

    Damon M. Hall;Gerardo R. Camilo;Rebecca K. Tonietto;Jeff Ollerton

  • Plants and climate change: complexities and surprises.

    Camille Parmesan;Mick E. Hanley

  • Causes of rarity in bumblebees

    Dave Goulson;Michael E Hanley;Ben Darvill;Jonathan Ellis

  • Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures

    L. B. Firth;R. C. Thompson;K. Bohn;M. Abbiati

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Shifting sands? Coastal protection by sand banks, beaches and dunes

    M.E. Hanley;S.P.G. Hoggart;D.J. Simmonds;A. Bichot

  • Breeding system, pollinator choice and variation in pollen quality in British herbaceous plants

    Michael E Hanley;Miguel Franco;Samuel Pichon;Ben Darvill

  • An experimental field study of the effects of mollusc grazing on seedling recruitment and survival in grassland.

    M. E. Hanley;M. Fenner;P. J. Edwards

  • Comparison of seedling and adult palatability in annual and perennial plants

    M. Fenner;M. E. Hanley;R. Lawrence

  • Plant ontogeny and chemical defence: older seedlings are better defended

    Arnaud Elger;Damien G. Lemoine;Michael Fenner;Mick E. Hanley

  • The effect of seedling age on the likelihood of herbivory by the slug Deroceras reticulatum

    M. E. Hanley;M. Fenner;P. J. Edwards

  • Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes : Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases

    Adriana De Palma;Adriana De Palma;Stefan Abrahamczyk;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Predicting calyptrate fly populations from the weather, and probable consequences of climate change

    Dave Goulson;Lara C. Derwent;Michael E. Hanley;Derek W. Dunn

  • Design catalogue for eco-engineering of coastal artificial structures: a multifunctional approach for stakeholders and end-users

    Kathryn O'Shaughnessy;Stephen J. Hawkins;Ally J. Evans;Ally J. Evans;Mick E. Hanley

  • Seedling-herbivore interactions: insights into plant defence and regeneration patterns.

    Kasey E. Barton;Mick E. Hanley

  • Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development

    Louise B. Firth;Laura Airoldi;Fabio Bulleri;Steve Challinor

  • Timing of cotyledon damage affects growth and flowering in mature plants.

    M. E. Hanley;E. L. Fegan

  • Potential benefits of commercial willow Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) for farm-scale plant and invertebrate communities in the agri-environment

    Rebecca L Rowe;Michael E Hanley;Dave Goulson;Donna J Clarke

  • Early plant growth: identifying the end point of the seedling phase

    M. E. Hanley;M. Fenner;H. Whibley;B. Darvill

  • Bioenergy, food production and biodiversity - an unlikely alliance?

    Peter Manning;Gail Taylor;Mick E. Hanley

  • Seedling herbivory, community composition and plant life history traits

    Mick E. Hanley

  • The consequences of doing nothing: the effects of seawater flooding on coastal zones

    S.P.G. Hoggart;M.E. Hanley;D.J. Parker;D.J. Simmonds

  • Herbivory, serotiny and seedling defence in Western Australian Proteaceae.

    Mick E. Hanley;Byron B. Lamont

  • The effect of mollusc grazing on seedling recruitment in artificially created grassland gaps.

    M. E. Hanley;M. Fenner;P. J. Edwards

  • Increased bumblebee abundance along the margins of a mass flowering crop: evidence for pollinator spill‐over

    M. E. Hanley;M. Franco;C. E. Dean;E. L. Franklin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Ben Darvill
Ben Darvill British Trust for Ornithology
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Dave Goulson
Dave Goulson University of Sussex
Steven J. Fonte
Steven J. Fonte Colorado State University
Byron B. Lamont
Byron B. Lamont Curtin University

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