Claire Farrell

Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?

C Farrell, SJ Livesley, SK Arndt, L Beaumont, H Burley, D Ellsworth, M Esperon-Rodriguez, TD Fletcher, R Gallagher, A Ossola, SA Power, R Marchin, JP Rayner, PD Rymer, L Staas, C Szota, NSG Williams, M Leishman

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Modern cities are dominated by impervious surfaces that absorb, store and release heat in summer, create large volumes of runoff a..

Green roofs sown with an annual plant mix attain high cover and functional diversity regardless of irrigation frequency

Zahra Saraeian, Claire Farrell, Nicholas SG Williams

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Annual plant species have great potential on green roofs as many are highly attractive, fast and cheap to establish via sowing and..

Influence of water storage and plant crop factor on green roof retention and plant drought stress

Lubaina Soni, Christopher Szota, Tim D Fletcher, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS Water

Green roofs can reduce stormwater runoff with deeper substrates providing greater storage for water retention and evapotranspirati..

Selecting tree species with high transpiration and drought avoidance to optimise runoff reduction in passive irrigation systems

Jasmine K Thom, Stephen J Livesley, Tim D Fletcher, Claire Farrell, Stefan K Arndt, Janina Konarska, Christopher Szota

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Rainfall in cities can generate large volumes of stormwater runoff which degrades receiving waterways. Irrigating trees with runof..

Fast plants have water-use and drought strategies that balance rainfall retention and drought survival on green roofs

Hsiao-Hsuan Chu, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Green roofs can improve ecosystem services in cities; however, this depends on appropriate plant selection. For stormwater managem..

Rooting Volume Impacts Growth, Coverage and Thermal Tolerance of Green Facade Climbing Plants

Pei-Wen Chung, Stephen J Livesley, John P Rayner, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  LAND

Green façades can provide cooling benefits through the shading of walls, evapotranspira-tion, and insulation. These benefits depen..

Trait-based green roof plant selection: Water use and drought response of nine common spontaneous plants

Dean Schrieke, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Plant health and cover are critical components of stormwater mitigation on green roofs. Green roof plants can be selected from ana..

AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

Daniel Falster, Rachael Gallagher, Elizabeth H Wenk, Ian J Wright, Dony Indiarto, Samuel C Andrew, Caitlan Baxter, James Lawson, Stuart Allen, Anne Fuchs, Anna Monro, Fonti Kar, Mark A Adams, Collin W Ahrens, Matthew Alfonzetti, Tara Angevin, Deborah MG Apgaua, Stefan Arndt, Owen K Atkin, Joe Atkinson, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC DATA

We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the Australian flora (hereafter AusTrait..

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..

Climate of origin has no influence on drought adaptive traits and the drought responses of a widely distributed polymorphic shrub

Gui-Qing Xu, Claire Farrell, Stefan K Arndt

Journal article  |  2021  |  TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Climate has a significant influence on species distribution and the expression of functional traits in different plant species. Ho..