Publications in Community Structure and Dynamics

Proctor, M.C.F., McHaffie, H.S., Legg C.J. & Amphlett, A. (2008 In press). Evidence from water chemistry as a criterion of ombrotrophy in the mire complexes of Abernethy Forest, Scotland. Journal of Vegetation Science.

Davies, G.M., Legg, C.J. (2008 In press). The effect of traditional management burning on lichen diversity. Applied Vegetation Science. (doi: 10.3170/2008-7-18566)

Moretti, M. & Legg, C. (2008 Accepted for publication) Combining plant and animal traits to assess community functional responses to disturbance. Ecography.

Moretti, M. & Legg, C. (2006). Predictive value of plant and animal traits to fire (Abstract). Forest Ecology & Management 234 Supplement 1: S164. Full paper published in V International Conference on Forest Fire Research (ed. D.X. Viegas). ADAI, University of Coimbra, Portugal. 7 pp.

Ogilvy, T. K., Legg, C. J. & Humphrey, J. W. (2006). Diversifying native pinewoods using artificial regeneration. Forestry 79: 309-317.

Bonanomi, G., Legg, C. & Mazzoleni, S. (2005) Autoinhibition of germination and seedling establishment by leachate of Calluna vulgaris leaves and litter. Community Ecology 6: 203-208.

Mazzoleni, S., Rego, F., Giannino, F. & Legg, C. J. (2004). Ecosystem modelling: vegetation and disturbance. In: Environmental Modelling: Finding Simplicity in Complexity (Eds. Wainwright, J. and Mulligan, M.), pp. 171-186. Wiley, London.

Legg, C. J., Cowie, N. R. & Sydes, C. (2003). Promoting survival prospects of rare plants. Botanical Journal of Scotland 55, 77-87.

Harvie,B.A., Legg,C.J. and Russell,G. (2003) Seedbanks and shale bings; four successful weed species. Aspects of Applied Biology 69, Seedbanks: Determination, Dynamics & Management, pp 21-28.

Legg, C. J. (2004). Session 1: Some Key Considerations - Session Summary. In: Scotland's Landscape - A Fixed Asset? Proceedings of a Forum held on 8 May 2003. Edinburgh Centre for Rural Research, Edinburgh. Pp 39-40.

Mazzoleni, S., Rego, F., Giannino, F. & Legg, C. J. (2004). Ecosystem modelling: vegetation and disturbance. In: Environmental Modelling: Finding Simplicity in Complexity (Eds. Wainwright, J. and Mulligan, M.), pp. 171-186. Wiley, London.

Legg, C. J., McHaffie, H., Amphlett, A. & Worrell, R. (2003). The status of wooded bogs at Abernethy, Strathspey. In: Restoring Natura Forest Habitats, pp. 12-16. Highland Birchwoods, Munlochy.

McHaffie, H., Legg, C. J., Amphlett, A., Worrell, R. & Cowie, N. R. (2002). Scots pine growing on forested mires in Abernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland. Botanical Journal of Scotland 54, 209-219.

Cumming, G. & Legg, C. J. (1995). Longevity of the Calluna seed bank determined from a history of lead smelting at Leadhills and Wanlockhead. In: Heaths and Moorland: Cultural Landscapes (Eds. Thompson, D. B. A., Usher, M. B. and Hester, A.). HMSO, Edinburgh.

Legg, C. J. (1995). Heathland dynamics: a matter of scale. In: Heaths and Moorlands: Cultural Landscapes (Eds. Thompson, D. B. A., Hester, A. J. and Usher, M. B.), pp. 117-134. HMSO, Edinburgh.

McConnell, J. & Legg, C. J. (1995). Are upland heaths pining for climate change? In: Heaths and Moorland: Cultural Landscapes (Eds. Thompson, D. B. A., Hester, A. and Usher, M. B.), pp. 154-161. HMSO, Edinburgh.

Legg, C. J., Maltby, E. & Proctor, M. C. F. (1992). The ecology of severe moorland fire on the North York Moors: seed distribution and seedling establishment of Calluna vulgaris. Journal of Ecology 80, 737-752.

Maltby, E., Legg, C. J. & Proctor, M. C. F. (1990). The ecology of severe moorland fires on the North York Moors. Effects of the 1976 fires, and subsequent surface and vegetation development. Journal of Ecology 78, 490-518.

Mallik, A. U., Hobbs, R. J. & Legg, C. J. (1984). Seed dynamics in Calluna - Arctostaphylos heath in north eastern Scotland. Journal of Ecology 72, 855-871.

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