I am the Senior Technical Officer responsible for the day to day running of the Departments ex situ seed conservation facility, the Threatened Flora Seed Centre. I am currently involved with the collection, cleaning and long term storage of seeds from conservation significant plants for the Millennium Seed Bank Project. I am also conducting a PhD examining factors that affect seed longevity in ex situ storage.

• Ex situ seed conservation
• Seed collection, storage and longevity
• Seed dormancy and germination in Western Australian plants

Bachelor of Science (Horticulture) with 2A honours, The University of Western Australia, 1994.

• Conservation seed collection and storage for the Millennium Seed Bank Project
• Ex situ seed conservation in Australia: Factors affecting seed longevity

(19 items)

2009

Cochrane A, Crawford A (2009). Seed conservation: supporting the conservation of plant diversity. DEC, Kensington, WA. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, Science Division, Information Sheet 18/2009, 2 p.

Cochrane A, Monks L, Crawford A (2009). Lessons learnt from linking ex situ to in situ conservation of threatened plant species (ABSTRACT). In SERI 2009: World Conference on Ecological Restoration: making change in a changing world: 19th Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration International, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Sunday 23 August to Thursday 27 August 2009: conference abstracts Conference Organising Committee, Perth. p. 162

Crawford A, Monks L (2009). The road to recovery: the contribution of seed conservation and reintroduction to species recovery in Western Australia. Australasian Plant Conservation 17(4), pp. 15–17

2007

Cochrane A, Crawford A (2007). Ex situ seed conservation: Flora Management Course, 2007: copy of PowerPoint presentation. In Flora Management Course: Porongurups, 17-21 September, 2007 Department of Environment and Conservation, Kensington, WA. pp. 1–24

Cochrane A, Crawford A, Monks L (2007). Achieving Target 8 of the GSPC in Western Australia. Samara 13, pp. 11–12

Cochrane JA, Crawford AD, Monks LT (2007). The significance of ex situ seed conservation to reintroduction of threatened plants. Australian Journal of Botany 55, pp. 356–361

Crawford AD, Steadman KJ, Plummer JA, Cochrane A, Probert RJ (2007). Analysis of seed-bank data confirms suitability of international seed-storage standards for the Australian flora. Australian Journal of Botany 55, pp. 18–29

Monks L, Crawford A (2007). Translocation of threatened flora: copy of PowerPoint presentation. In Flora Management Course: Porongurups, 17-21 September, 2007 Department of Environment and Conservation, Kensington, WA. pp. 1–15

Probert R, Adams J, Coneybeer J, Crawford A, Hay F (2007). Seed quality for conservation is critically affected by pre-storage factors. Australian Journal of Botany 55, pp. 326–335

Smith PP, Trivedi C, Cochrane A, Crawford A, Way M (2007). The Millennium Seed Bank Project delivering Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. BGJournal 4(2), pp. 9–12

Wilkins CF, Vincent BJ, Crawford AD, Ladd PG, Sage LW (2007). Conservation biology of a naturally rare but critically endangered shrub Lasiopetalum pterocarpum (Malvaceae s.l.): report to DEC, February 2007. University of Western Australia, School of Plant Biology, Crawley. 22 p.

2005

Coates D, Crawford A, Dixon K, McArthur S, Monks L, Rokich D et al. (2005). Advances in Plant Conservation Biology: Implications for Flora Management and Restoration: Symposium Program and Abstracts, Perth, Western Australia, 25-27 October 2005. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. 48 p.

Cochrane A, Crawford A, Monks L (2005). The significance of ex situ conservation to plant recovery in southern Western Australia (ABSTRACT). In Advances in Plant Conservation Biology: Implications for Flora Management and Restoration: Symposium Program and Abstracts 25-27 October 2005 (comps D Coates, A Crawford, K Dixon et al.). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. p. 14

Crawford AD, Cochrane JA, Steadman KJ, Plummer JA, Probert RJ (2005). Successful storage of seed from threatened west Australian plants (POSTER ABSTRACT). In Advances in Plant Conservation Biology: Implications for Flora Management and Restoration: Symposium Program and Abstracts 25-27 October 2005 (comps D Coates, A Crawford, K Dixon et al.). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA. p. 26

2004

Gallagher RS. Steadman KJ. Crawford AD (2004). Alleviation of dormancy in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds by hydration and after-ripening. Weed Science 52, pp. 968–975

Pearce T, Coates D, Cochrane A, Crawford A, Sweedman L, Elkins B, et al. (2004). The Millennium Seed Bank Project in Western Australia: achievements, 2001-2004 (PAMPHLET). Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington, WA.

2003

Crawford A, Cochrane A, Probert R (2003). Acid scarification: an effective method of removing physical dormancy in five Western Australian Acacia (Mimosaceae) species. In Seed Conservation: Turning Science into Practice (eds RD Smith, JB Dickie, SH Linington et al.). Kew Publishing, Kew. pp. 555–562

Steadman KJ, Crawford AD, Gallagher RS (2003). Dormancy release in Lolium rigidum seeds is a function of thermal after-ripening time and seed water content. Functional Plant Biology 30, pp. 345–352

2002

Cochrane A, Crawford A (2002). Investigation into rate and level of germination of selected Melaleuca species used for oil production (M. lateriflora and M. acuminata): report to Farm Forestry Unit, Department of Conservation and Land Management. Department of Conservation and Land Management, 6 p.

2004

Gallagher RS. Steadman KJ. Crawford AD. (2004) Alleviation of dormancy in annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) seeds by hydration and after-ripening. Weed Science 52, pp. 968-975.

2003

Steadman KJ. Crawford AD. Gallagher RS. (2003) Dormancy release in Lolium rigidum seeds is a function of thermal after-ripening time and seed water content. Functional Plant Biology 30, pp. 345-352

2000

Plummer J. Crawford A. Hall D. Growns D. Watkins P. (2000) Yellow Bells — A new cut flower for Australia. A report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. RIRDC. 98 p.

1995

Plummer, JA. Crawford AD. Taylor SK.  (1995) Germination of Lomandra sonderi (Dasypogonaceae) promoted by pericarp removal and chemical stimulation of the embryo.  Australian Journal of Botany  43, pp. 223-230