Salisbury travaille à l’University College de 1918 à 1943. Il se marie avec Mabel Elwin-Coles en 1918, celle-ci décèdera en . Il est fait quain professor de botanique en 1929, fonction qu’il conserve jusqu’en 1943.
Il est notamment l’auteur de The Living Garden (1935), The East Anglain Flora (1933), Plant Form and Function (1938), The Reproductive Capacity of Plants (1942), Downs and Dunes (1952), Weeds and Aliens (1961), The Biology of Garden Weeds (1962).
Salisbury étudie particulièrement les graines et la germination. C’est une figure importante de l’écologie britannique et contribue à la reconstruction des Jardins botaniques royaux de Kew, gravement endommagés par des bombardements lors de la guerre.
Publications
Salisbury, E.J. (1916) The emergence of the aerial organs in woodland plants. Journal of Ecology 4 (3-4): 121-128.
Salisbury, E.J. (1920) The significance of the calcicolous habit. Journal of Ecology 8 (1): 202-215.
Salisbury, E.J. (1922) Stratification and Hydrogen-ion concentration of the soil in relation to leaching and plant succession with special reference to woodlands. Journal of Ecology 9 (2): 220-240.
Salisbury, E.J. (1925) The incidence of species in relation to soil reaction. Journal of Ecology 13 (1): 149-160.
Salisbury, E.J. (1925) Note on the edaphic succession in some dune soils with special reference to the time factor. Journal of Ecology 13 (2): 322-328.
Salisbury, E.J. (1925) Note on the edaphic succession in some dune soils with special reference to the time factor. Journal of Ecology 13 (2): 322-328.
Salisbury, E.J. (1926) The geographical distribution of plants in relation to climatic factors. The Geographical Journal 67 (4): 312-335.
Discussion aux p.335–342 de H. N. Ridley a.o.
Salisbury, E.J. (1927) On the causes and ecological significance of stomatal frequency with special reference to woodland flora. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 216 (1928): 1-65.
Salisbury, E.J. (1929) The biological equipment of species in relation to competition. Journal of Ecology 17 (2): 197-222.
Salisbury, E.J. (1930) Mortality amongst plants and its bearing on natural selection. Nature 125: 817.
Salisbury, E.J. (1971) The pioneer vegetation of exposed muds and its biological features. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 259: 207-255.
Salisbury, E. (1974) Seed size and mass in relation to environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 186 (1083): 83-88.
Salisbury, E. (1975) The survival value of modes of dispersal. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 188 (1091): 183-188.
Salisbury, E. (1976) Seed output and the efficacy of dispersal by wind. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences 192 (1108): 323-329.
