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School of GeoSciences

Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Science

Publications on grazing ecology

Oom, S. P., Sibbald, A. M., Hester, A. J. Miller, D. R. & Legg, C. J. (2007). Impacts of sheep grazing a complex vegetation mosaic: Relating behaviour to vegetation change. Journal Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 124, 219-228. (doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.09.014).

Pollock, M. L., Milner, J. M., Waterhouse, A., Holland, J. P. & Legg, C. J. (2005). Impacts of livestock in regenerating upland birch woodlands in Scotland. Biological Conservation 123: 443-452.

Oom, S. P., Beecham, J. A., Legg, C. J. & Hester, A. (2004). Foraging in a complex environment: from foraging strategies to emergent spatial properties. Ecological Complexity 1: 299-327.

Legg, C. J., Papanastasis, V., Heathfield, D., Arianoutsou, M., Kelly, A., Muetzelfeldt, R. & Mazzoleni, S. (1998). Modelling the impact of grazing on vegetation in the Mediterranean: The approach of the ModMED Project. In: Ecological Basis of Livestock Grazing in Mediterranean Ecosystems (Eds. Papanastasis, V. P. and Peter, D.), pp. 189-199. EC Science Research and Development, Brussels.

Oom, S. P., Hester, A., Elston, D. A. & Legg, C. J. (2002). Spatial interaction models: from human geography to plant herbivore interactions. Oikos 98, 65-74.

Pollock, M. L., Legg, C. J. & Hulbert, I. A. R. (2002). Modelling changes in abundance of plant species under seasonal sheep grazing: a methodological study using expert knowledge. In: Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (Eds. Bottarin, R. and Tappeiner, U.), pp. 200-206. Blackwell Verlag, Oxford.

Thrash, I, Derry, J.F. (1999). Review of literature on the nature and modelling of piospheres. Koedoe 42, 73-94.

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