Nicholas S. G. Williams

Characterising Green Roof Uptake in a Southern Hemisphere City: Melbourne, Australia Open

J.J. Schiller, Amy K. Hahs, Caragh G. Threlfall, Nicholas S. G. Williams · 2025

Residents’ values and experiences of public and private green space in a new greenfield housing estate Open

Rose Macaulay, Stéphanie Lavau, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Amy K. Hahs · 2025

Socio-cultural patterns in how residents value and use green space in new greenfield developments Open

Rose Macaulay, Stéphanie Lavau, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Amy K. Hahs · 2025

Social-ecological networks in urban ecology research Open

Tanja M. Straka, Örjan Bodin, Daniel Teodoro, Lotta Clara Kluger, Fiona Rickowski , et al. · 2025

Urban ecosystems are complex and dynamic, shaped by feedback loops between social and ecological components. However, urban ecology requires tools to unravel this complexity. Social-ecological networks (SENs) offer a conceptual and analyti…

Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly Open

Julia Schiller, Julian Brown, Amy K. Hahs, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Caragh G. Threlfall · 2025

Bees are important pollinators but are globally in decline due to the effects of climate and land use change, for example loss of habitat and urban heat island associated with urbanisation. Green roofs can provide resources and habitat for…

Establishing Consensus on Standardized Survey Measures of Time Outdoors in Nature Open

Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Olivia McAnirlin, Amber L. Pearson, Amali Corral, Mondira Bardhan , et al. · 2025

<span>GUBIC</span>: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants Open

Daijiang Li, Luke J. Potgieter, Myla F. J. Aronson, Irena Axmanová, Benjamin Baiser , et al. · 2025

Urban areas are foci for the introduction of non‐native plant species, and they often act as launching sites for invasions into the wider environment. Although interest in biological invasions in urban areas is growing rapidly, and the ext…

A systematic review of the associations between biodiversity and children's mental health and wellbeing Open

Zoë Davis, Ingrid Jarvis, Rose Macaulay, Katherine A. Johnson, Nicholas S. G. Williams , et al. · 2024

There is a growing interest in how exposure to biodiversity influences mental health and wellbeing; however, few studies have focused on children. The aim of this review was to identify studies that used components of biodiversity and chil…

Correction to: Rapid root development in clay subsoils enhances the early growth of native grassland species Open

Katherine Horsfall, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Ruby N. Michael, Stephen J. Livesley · 2024

Conservation translocations in urban environments: State of the knowledge and future directions Open

Julian Brown, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Kylie Soanes · 2024

Cities are important for biodiversity conservation and are a central focus in the United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Species reintroductions and population reinforcements (i.e. conservation translocations) are an important com…

Revealing the role of green roof substrate: limitations of simulated substrate temperatures for summer and winter day and night thermal performance in Melbourne, Australia Open

Andrea Pianella, Lu Aye, Dong Chen, Nicholas S. G. Williams · 2024

Green roofs, integrated into conventional buildings, offer valuable thermal benefits, with extensive research and validated models focused on specific climates and summer conditions. However, their applicability requires further refinement…

Rapid responses of bees and butterflies but not birds to targeted urban road verge habitat enhancements Open

Julian Brown, Caragh G. Threlfall, Lee Harrison, Jess Baumann, Nicholas S. G. Williams · 2024

Cities provide opportunities for biodiversity conservation through the design of urban greenspaces as wildlife habitat. A significant proportion of urban public land is narrow linear road verges, though their small size and harsh environme…

Cu Promoted the Dynamic Evolution of Ni-Based Catalysts for Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic Upcycling Open

Hongxing Kang, Dong He, Xingxu Yan, Benjamin Dao, Nicholas S. G. Williams , et al. · 2024

Upcycling plastic wastes into value-added chemicals is a promising approach to put end-of-life plastic wastes back into their ecocycle. As one of the polyesters that is used daily, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste is employed…

Using Plant Functional Traits and Life Strategies of Annual Species to Inform Green Roof Plant Selection Open

Zahra Saraeian, Claire Farrell, Nicholas S. G. Williams · 2024

Planning for a cooler future- Green infrastructure to reduce urban heat Open

Briony A. Norton, Karyn Bosomworth, Andy Coutts, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Stephen J. Livesley , et al. · 2024

This guide was developed through multi-disciplinary research. It identifies key steps in mitigating urban surface temperatures to minimise high daytime urban temperatures.Identify priority locations based on assessments of exposure and vul…

Post-acute COVID-19 neuropsychiatric symptoms are not associated with ongoing nervous system injury Open

Maxime Taquet, Zuzanna Skórniewska, Henrik Zetterberg, John Geddes, Catherine Mummery , et al. · 2023

A proportion of patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 experience a range of neuropsychiatric symptoms months after infection, including cognitive deficits, depression and anxiety. The mechanisms underpinnin…

“It’s a little soap opera of its own”: Fascinating green roofs offer complexity, movement, sensory engagement, and vast vistas Open

Kate Lee, Belinda Wylie, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Katherine A. Johnson, Leisa D. Sargent , et al. · 2023

Green roofs are a popular way of providing environmental benefits and places where people can experience and benefit from nature, but we know very little about the features and experiential characteristics that can support this. Fascinatio…

High water use plants influence green roof substrate temperatures and their insulative benefits Open

Andrea Pianella, Zheng Zhang, Claire Farrell, Lu Aye, Dong Chen , et al. · 2023

Green roofs are amongst the solutions employed to deliver sustainable buildings in cities. Their vegetation and substrate layers can reduce the heat transfer through the roof, thus potentially reducing energy used for building cooling and …

Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide Open

Amy K. Hahs, Bertrand Fournier, Myla F. J. Aronson, Charles H. Nilon, Adriana Herrera-Montes , et al. · 2023

Cities can host significant biological diversity. Yet, urbanisation leads to the loss of habitats, species, and functional groups. Understanding how multiple taxa respond to urbanisation globally is essential to promote and conserve biodiv…

Evaluating the effectiveness of spontaneous vegetation for stormwater mitigation on green roofs Open

Dean Schrieke, Christopher Szota, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Claire Farrell · 2023

Green roofs can reduce stormwater runoff in urban areas by capturing rainfall. The extent of this capture is partially influenced by vegetation type and cover, which can be manipulated to optimise run-off reduction. However, in the absence…

Response of Spontaneous Plant Communities to Sedum mexicanum Cover and Water Availability in Green Roof Microcosms Open

Dean Schrieke, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Claire Farrell · 2023

Lack of maintenance can lead to ‘weedy’ spontaneous vegetation on green roofs. Aspects of green roof design, including substrate depth and roof height, have been shown to influence the composition of spontaneous vegetation. In drier climat…

Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial taxa worldwide Open

Amy K. Hahs, Bertrand Fournier, Myla F. J. Aronson, Charles H. Nilon, Adriana Herrera-Montes , et al. · 2023

Cities can host significant biological diversity. Yet, urbanisation leads to the loss of habitats and, potentially, to local extinctions. Understanding how multiple taxa respond to urbanisation globally is essential to promote and conserve…

Datasets: Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide Open

Amy K. Hahs, Bertrand Fournier, Myla F. J. Aronson, Charles H. Nilon, Adriana Herrera-Montes , et al. · 2023

This repository contains the datasets used in the main article: There is one Excel file per taxonomic group (amphibians, bats, bees, birds, ground beetles, and reptiles). Each file consists of three Excel spreadsheets: "Species" = matrix o…

Datasets: Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide Open

Amy K. Hahs, Bertrand Fournier, Myla F. J. Aronson, Charles H. Nilon, Adriana Herrera-Montes , et al. · 2023

This repository contains the datasets used in the main article: There is one Excel file per taxonomic group (amphibians, bats, bees, birds, ground beetles, and reptiles). Each file consists of three Excel spreadsheets: "Species" = matrix o…

A scenario process for urban forest design at the neighbourhood level Open

Sara Barron, Katherine Dunster, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Emily J. Rugel, Robert Kozak , et al. · 2023

Urban forests are facing multiple future challenges. In order for urban forest designs to successfully respond to these challenges, we must explore new approaches that allow for meaningful and rich transdisciplinary conversation and assess…

Conserving urban biodiversity: Current practice, barriers, and enablers Open

Kylie Soanes, Lucy Taylor, Cristina E. Ramalho, Cecily Maller, Kirsten M. Parris , et al. · 2023

Urban biodiversity conservation is critical if cities are to tackle the biodiversity‐extinction crisis and connect people with nature. However, little attention has been paid to how urban environmental managers navigate complex socio‐ecolo…

Surface Reorganization of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoflowers for Efficient Electrochemical Coenzyme Regeneration Open

Nicholas S. G. Williams, Karley Hahn, Ryan Goodman, Xiaowen Chen, Jing Gu · 2023

In the past 20 years, enzymatic conversions have been intensely examined as a practical and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional organocatalytic conversions for chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediate production. Out of al…

Improving the Stability of Silicon Nanowires During Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation with Zinc 1T‐Phase Molybdenum Disulfide Open

Sabrina Younan, Zhida Li, Michael Fairchild, Nicholas S. G. Williams, Yichao Huang , et al. · 2022

Semiconductor photoelectrodes directly convert sunlight into stored chemical energy. In photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices, this photoconversion process relies on the junction between the semiconductor and catalyst to drive charge separati…

Water and Meadow Views Both Afford Perceived but Not Performance-Based Attention Restoration: Results From Two Experimental Studies Open

Katherine A. Johnson, Annabelle Pontvianne, Vi Ly, Rui Jin, Jonathan Haris Januar , et al. · 2022

Attention Restoration Theory proposes that exposure to natural environments helps to restore attention. For sustained attention—the ongoing application of focus to a task, the effect appears to be modest, and the underlying mechanisms of a…

A field experiment characterizing variable detection rates during plant surveys Open

Cindy E. Hauser, Katherine M. Giljohann, Michael A. McCarthy, Georgia E. Garrard, Andrew P. Robinson , et al. · 2022

Surveys aimed at finding threatened and invasive species can be challenging due to individual rarity and low and variable individual detection rates. Detection rate in plant surveys typically varies due to differences among observers, amon…

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