Claire Farrell

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  |  2021  |  Sci Total Environ

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

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..

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..

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  |  Ecol Appl

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

Are succulence or trait combinations related to plant survival on hot and dry green roofs?

Bihan Guo, Stefan Arndt, Rebecca Miller, Nuonan Lu, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

The many ecosystem services that green roofs can provide rely on good plant coverage and plant survival, which is challenging in h..

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 Physiol

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

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..

Greywater irrigation can support climbing plant growth on building green facades

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

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Green façades can help to cool cities and buildings best when they are irrigated to provide good canopy growth and transpiration c..

Independent effects of drought and shade on growth, biomass allocation and leaf morphology of a flammable perennial grass Tetrarrhena juncea R.Br

Geofe O Cadiz, Jane G Cawson, Thomas J Duff, Trent D Penman, Alan York, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLANT ECOLOGY

Knowing the abundance of different plant species provides insights into the properties of vegetation communities, such as flammabi..

Leaf Traits of Drought Tolerance for 37 Shrub Species Originating from a Moisture Gradient

Gui-Qing Xu, Stefan K Arndt, Claire Farrell

Journal article  |  2020  |  WATER

Identifying the drought-tolerance traits of plant species originating from a moisture gradient will increase our understanding of ..