Colin Legg's research students

• Diana Gilbert (2006 onwards), PhD. Interactions between Climate and Land Use Driving Dynamics in Treelines and Montane Scrub. (Second supervisors Profs Alison Hester and John Grace).
• Darren Johnson (2004 - 2006), MSc by Research. Deforestation and its Implications on Traditional Fire Use in Cambodia. (Second supervisor Guy Hilton).
• Mark Hancock (2003 onwards) PhD. Disturbance in Ecosystems and Implications for Conservation Managers: Caledonian Pinewoods. (Second supervisor Dr. R. Summers, RSPB).
• Sandra Pratt (2002 - 2006) PhD. Interactions between Fire History, Bog Development and Forest Structure in Caledonian Pinewoods. (Second supervisors Dr M.J. Bunting, University of Hull, Dr N. Cowie and A. Amphlett, RSPB)
• Naomi Towers (2002 - 2003) PhD. Invertebrate Community Structure along a Habitat Patch-Size Gradient within a Bog-Pool Complex. (Second supervisor Dr M. Huxham, Napier University)
• Matt Davies (2002 - 2006) PhD. Fire Behaviour and Characteristics on Heather Moorland (Second supervisors Dr. A. Smith, Game Conservancy Trust and A MacDonald, SNH).
• Alan Gray (2001 – 2006) PhD. The Influence of Management on the Biodiversity and Carbon Flux of Blanket Bog (Second supervisors Prof J. Grace and Prof K. Smith)
• Fabiola López Barrera (2000 - 2003) PhD. Natural and Induced Regeneration of Oak Tree Species in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico (Second supervisor Dr A. Newton, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge)
• Tanya Ogilvy (2000 - 2003) PhD. Regeneration Ecology of Broadleaf Trees in Caledonian Forest. (Second supervisor Dr J. Humphreys, FCNRS, Bush)
• Claudia Alvarez-Aquino (2000 - 2002) PhD. Regeneration of Tree Species in Mexican Cloud Forest. (Second supervisor Dr A. Newton, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge)
• Sander Oom (1998 - 2003) PhD. Spatial Pattern and Process in the Fragmentation of Heather Moorland. (Second supervisor Dr A. Hester, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen)
• Jeremy Milne (1998 - 2002) PhD. Post-fire Colonization of Cistus creticus L. Seedlings by Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Aleppo Pine Forests in Central Greece. (Second supervisors Dr P. Mason, ITE, Bush; Prof M. Arianoutsou, University of Athens)
• Juan Busque (1998 - 2001) PhD. Simulation Models of Temperate and Tropical Grasslands. (Second supervisors M. Herrero; Dr H. Armstrong, FCNRS, Bush)
• Barbra Harvie (1998 - 2004, part time) PhD. The Mechanisms and Processes of Colonisation and Vegetation Dynamics on Oil-Shale Bings in West Lothian, Scotland. (Second supervisors Dr A. Newton and Dr G. Russell)
• Alistair Hamilton (1996 - 2000) PhD. Ecology and Management of West Coast Plant Communities. (Second supervisors Dr H. Armstrong, FCNRS, Bush; A. Macdonald, SNH Edinburgh)
• Joanne Ariss (1995 - 1996) MRes. The Quantitative Effects of Shade and Drought on two Maquis Species, Rhamnus alaternus and Cistus incanus. (Second supervisor Prof J. Grace)
• Heather McHaffie (1995 - 1998) PhD. The Biology of Athyrium distentifolium and A. flexile in Scotland. (Second supervisors Dr A. Dyer, ICMB; Dr C. Sydes, SNH Edinburgh)
• Jennifer Nagy (1991 - 1996) PhD. The History of the Pinus sylvestris Treeline at Creag Fhiaclach, Inverness-shire. (Second Supervisor Prof J. Grace)
• Ibrahim Aref (1992 - 1996) PhD. The Distribution and Ecophysiology of Acacia Species in the South Western Zone of Saudi Arabia. (Second Supervisor Prof J. Grace)
• Hailu Sharew (1990 - 1994) PhD. Regeneration of Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. and Podocarpus gracilior Pilg. in the Afromontane Forests of Ethiopia. (Second Supervisor Prof J. Grace)
• Alison Averis (1989 - 1994 part-time) PhD. Ecology of Atlantic Hepatic Mats: Factors Affecting Species Composition and Distribution. (Second Supervisors Dr D. E. S. Thompson, SNH Edinburgh; Dr D. F. Chamberlain, RBG Edinburgh)