Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.
Latest papers
Biochar and vegetation effects on discharge water quality from organic-substrate green roofs
The Science of The Total Environment · 2024
Plant cover and biomass change on extensive green roofs over a decade and ten lessons learned
Journal of Environmental Management · 2024 · senior author
Decoupling factors affecting plant diversity and cover on extensive green roofs
Journal of Environmental Management · 2013
Latest funding
- $1,650,000
Design of Living Infrastructure for Ecosystem Services
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $352,574
Optimizing performance of integrated green roof photovoltaic systems
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
- $20,208
Sustaining Development in Arid Climates: Solutions for Water Scarcity
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Biochar and vegetation effects on discharge water quality from organic-substrate green roofs
Wenxi Liao, Virinder Sidhu, Melanie A. Sifton, Liat Margolis, Jennifer A. P. Drake, Sean C. Thomas
Plant cover and biomass change on extensive green roofs over a decade and ten lessons learned
James Scott MacIvor, Madison Appleby, Samantha Miotto, Howard Rosenblat, Liat Margolis
Decoupling factors affecting plant diversity and cover on extensive green roofs
James Scott MacIvor, Liat Margolis, Curtis L. Puncher, Benjamin J. Carver Matthews
Design of Living Infrastructure for Ecosystem Services
Principal investigators: Sleep, Brent BE
Keywords: biodeversity; green infrastructure; hydrology; landscape architecture; living infrastructure; low impact development; sustainable sites; urban ecology
Optimizing performance of integrated green roof photovoltaic systems
Principal investigators: Sleep, Brent
Sustaining Development in Arid Climates: Solutions for Water Scarcity
Principal investigators: Margolis, Liat
Keywords: water scarcity; arid climates; water infrastructure; water policy; water cultural studies; sustainable cities; water and economic development; interdisciplinary water studies
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- James MacIvor and Scott MacIvor: 92 shared papers
- Sean Thomas and Wenxi Liao: 21 shared papers
- Jennifer Drake and Sean Thomas: 11 shared papers
- Jennifer Drake and Wenxi Liao: 11 shared papers
- James MacIvor and Liat Margolis: 2 shared papers
- Liat Margolis and Scott MacIvor: 2 shared papers
- Jennifer Drake and James MacIvor: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Drake and Scott MacIvor: 1 shared paper
- Sean Thomas and Liat Margolis: 1 shared paper
- Wenxi Liao and Liat Margolis: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Daniels
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- School of Environmental Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Scott MacIvor
Department of Biological Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2024
James MacIvor
Department of Biological Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Jennifer Drake
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Sean Thomas
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Wenxi Liao
School of Environmental Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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