Publications on quantitative ecology and modelling of vegetation dynamics

Monitoring

Legg, C. J. & Nagy, L. (2006). Why most conservation monitoring is, but need not be, a waste of time. Journal of Environmental Management 78: 194-199.

Nagy, L., Nagy, J., Legg, C. J., Sales, S. I. & Horsfield, D. (2002). Monitoring vegetation change caused by trampling: a case study of design from the Cairngorms, Scotland. Botanical Journal of Scotland 54, 191-207.

Legg, C. J. (2000). Review of Published Work in Relation to Monitoring of Trampling Impacts and Change in Montane Vegetation. Scottish Natural Heritage Review No. 131. Scottish Natural Heritage, Battleby, Perth.

Dyke, A. & Legg, C. J. (1999). Pine Woodland Ground Flora Mapping: A Survey of Pinewood Ground Flora of Curr Wood, Dulnain Bridge. Contract report. Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh. 14 pp plus database.

McHaffie, H., Legg, C. J. & Worrell, R. (1999). Classification of bog woodland habitat and review and analysis of restoration management at the RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve. Contract report including electronic database. RSPB, Edinburgh.

Modelling

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.

McIntosh, B. S., Muetzelfeldt, R. I., Legg, C. J., Mazzoleni, S. & Csontos, P. (2003). Reasoning with direction and rate of change in vegetation state transition modelling. Environmental Modelling and Software 18, 915-927.

Mazzoleni, S. & Legg, C. J. (2001). ModMED: Modelling Mediterranean Ecosystem Dynamics. Final Report to the EU DG XII Environment Programme Contract No. ENV4 CT97-0680, Brussels.

Mazzoleni, S., Legg, C. J., Muetzelfeldt, R., Heathfield, D., Arianoutsou, M., Rego, F., Gucci, R. & Di Gennaro, A. (1999). The ModMED Project.

Mazzoleni, S. & Legg, C. J. (1998). MODMED: Modelling vegetation dynamics and degradation in Mediterranean ecosystems. In: Atlas of Mediterranean Environments in Europe (Eds. Mairota, P., Thornes, J. B. and Geeson, N.), pp. 14-18.

Hobbs, R. J. & Legg, C. J. (1983). Markov models and initial floristic composition in heathland vegetation dynamics. Vegetatio 56, 31-43.

Plant ID

Dawson, B., Peat, W. E. & Legg, C. J. (1995). GrassID. A Computer Key to U.K. Grass Species (including software). CLUES Courseware (Consortium for Courseware in Land Use and Environmental Sciences) (Ed. Heath, S. B.). University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.

Legg, C. J. (1992). Random-access identification guides for a microcomputer. Field Studies 8, 1-30.

Legg, C. J. (1992). Random-access guide to sedges of the British Isles using a microcomputer. Field Studies 8, 31-57.

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