Nicholas Williams

Biochar particle size and amendment rate are more important for water retention and weight of green roof substrates than differences in feedstock type

Joerg Werdin, Richard Conn, Tim D Fletcher, John P Rayner, Nicholas SG Williams, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Green roofs are an effective green infrastructure tool to reduce stormwater runoff in cities, but their considerable weight is a c..

Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward

Nicholas SG Williams, Rachael S Bathgate, Claire Farrell, Kate E Lee, Chris Szota, Judy Bush, Katherine A Johnson, Rebecca E Miller, Andrea Pianella, Leisa D Sargent, Julia Schiller, Kathryn JH Williams, John P Rayner

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Australian cities have been slow to implement green roofs. This is because there are many potential barriers to their widely accep..

A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis

Sonja Knapp, Myla FJ Aronson, Ela Carpenter, Adriana Herrera-Montes, Kirsten Jung, D Johan Kotze, Frank A La Sorte, Christopher A Lepczyk, Ian MacGregor-Fors, J Scott MacIvor, Marco Moretti, Charles H Nilon, Max R Piana, Christine C Rega-Brodsky, Allyson Salisbury, Caragh G Threlfall, Christopher Trisos, Nicholas SG Williams, Amy K Hahs

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOSCIENCE

Rapid urbanization and the global loss of biodiversity necessitate the development of a research agenda that addresses knowledge g..

A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems

Mark A Goddard, Zoe G Davies, Solene Guenat, Mark J Ferguson, Jessica C Fisher, Adeniran Akanni, Teija Ahjokoski, Pippin ML Anderson, Fabio Angeoletto, Constantinos Antoniou, Adam J Bates, Andrew Barkwith, Adam Berland, Christopher J Bouch, Christine C Rega-Brodsky, Loren B Byrne, David Cameron, Rory Canavan, Tim Chapman, Stuart Connop, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Technology is transforming societies worldwide. A major innovation is the emergence of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS), whic..

Effects of substrate depth and native plants on green roof thermal performance in South-East Australia

Andreas Pianella, Lu Aye, Zhengdong Chen, Nicholas Williams

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 588, 1.01 – 1.05

Three experimental green roofs in Melbourne with depth of 100, 150 and 300 mm have been assessed to quantify their thermal perform..

Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and the importance of matrix quality

JS Kurylo, CG Threlfall, KM Parris, A Ossola, NSG Williams, KL Evans

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Heterogeneity in quantity and quality of resources provided in the urban matrix may mitigate adverse effects of urbanization inten..

Of mowers and growers: Perceived social norms strongly influence verge gardening, a distinctive civic greening practice

Adrian J Marshall, Margaret J Grose, Nicholas SG Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Road verge gardening is a civic greening practice undertaken by residents, which can contribute to the quantity, diversity and str..

Biochar made from low density wood has greater plant available water than biochar made from high density wood

Joerg Werdin, Tim D Fletcher, John P Rayner, Nicholas SG Williams, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Soil water limitations often restrict plant growth in unirrigated agricultural, forestry and urban systems. Biochar amendment to s..

Green roof and ground-level invertebrate communities are similar and are driven by building height and landscape context

JR Dromgold, CG Threlfall, BA Norton, NSG Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Urban Ecology

Green roofs are increasingly promoted for urban biodiversity conservation, but the value of these novel habitats is uncertain. We ..

Roadmap for green roofs, walls and facades in Australia’s urban landscapes 2020-2030

Rachael Bathgate, nicholas Williams, Leisa Sargent, Kate Lee, John Rayner, Mo Ritchie, Judith Bush, KJH Williams, KA Johnson, Gail Hall, N Pelleri, SJ Wilkinson, C Martin

Report  |  2020

Urban green infrastructure is the network of green space in the private and public realm and includes parks, private gardens, stre..