Publications

Species Selection

Sjöman, H., Ignell, S. and Hirons, A. (2023) Selection of shrubs for urban environments—An evaluation of drought tolerance of 120 species and cultivars. HortScience, 58(5), pp.573-579.

Watkins, H., Hirons, A.D., Sjöman, H., Cameron, R. and Hitchmough, J.D. (2021) Can trait-based schemes be used to select species in urban forestry? Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3, p.21. 

Hirons, A.D., Watkins, J.H.R., Baxter, T.J., Miesbauer, J.W., Male-Muñoz, A., Martin, K.W.E., Bassuk, N.L. and Sjöman, H. (2020) Using botanic gardens and arboreta to help identify urban trees for the future. Plants, People, Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10162

Sjöman, H. and Watkins, J.H.R. (2020) What do we know about the origin of our urban trees?–A north European perspective. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 56, p.126879.

Watkins, J.H.R., Cameron, R.W., Sjöman, H. and Hitchmough, J.D. (2020) Using big data to improve ecotype matching for Magnolias in urban forestry. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 48, p.126580.

Sjöman, H., Hirons, A.D. and Bassuk, N.L. (2018) Magnolias as urban trees – a preliminary evaluation of drought tolerance in seven magnolia species. Arboricultural Journal. (40)1-10.

Sjöman, H., Hirons, A.D. and Bassuk, N.L. (2018) Improving confidence in tree species selection for challenging urban sites: a role for leaf turgor loss. Urban Ecosystems, 21(6), pp.1171-1188.

Sjöman, H., Hirons, A.D. and Deak Sjöman, J. (2017) Criteria in the selection of urban trees for temperate urban environments. In: Ferrini, F., Van Den Bosch, C.C.K. and Fini, A. () Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry. Taylor & Francis. pp 339-362.

Sjöman, H., Hirons, A.D. and Bassuk, N.L. (2015) Urban forest resilience through tree selection—Variation in drought tolerance in Acer. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 14(4), pp.858-865.

Digital Design

Watkins, H., McLinden, A., O'Halloran, S., Karlsdottir, B., Pollard, C., Labib, E., & Marzano, M. (2022). GIbase1.0: A database of green infrastructure plant species in England and Scotland. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3, e12133.

Watkins, H., Robinson, J.M., Breed, M.F., Parker, B. and Weinstein, P. (2020) Microbiome-inspired green infrastructure: a toolkit for multidisciplinary landscape design. Trends in Biotechnology, 38(12), pp.1305-1308.

Books

Sjöman, H. and Anderson, A. (2023) The Essential Tree Selection Guide: for Climate Resilience, Carbon Storage, Species Diversity and Other Ecosystem Benefits. Filbert Press

Hirons, A. and Thomas, P.A. (2018) Applied Tree Biology. John Wiley & Sons.

Hirons, A.D. and Sjöman, H. (2018) Tree Species Selection for Green Infrastructure: A Guide for Specifiers. Trees & Design Action Group.

Sjöman, H. and Slagstedt, J. (eds) (2015) Träd i urbana landskap. Studentlitteratur. [In Swedish]

Sjöman, H. and Slagstedt, J. (2015) Stadsträdslexikon. Studentlitteratur. [In Swedish]