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Ronda
Joy
Green, BSc (Hons)PhD
Ronda
holds
a
PhD
in
zoology
and has conducted much ecological and
behavioural research over the years, especially seed dispersal by
fruit-eating animals and the effects of habitat alteration on wildlife,
also play
behaviour of chimpanzees and various aspects of wildlife tourism, and
is the author or co-author of a number of publications.
She has had extensive experience in nature interpretation for all
ages, having run a holiday farm, worked as ranger in charge of
interpretive activities, lectured at university and adult
education
classes, conduced research into recreational and educational activities
for children, and has over the years
led many voluntary activities, day excursions and camps for all ages
from pre-school to adult
She is currently chair of Wildlife
Tourism Australia and Scenic
Rim Wildlife
See sample of articles
about Ronda (there have been many others over the years, but not
online)
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Ronda has travelled in
wilderness
areas of all nonpolar continents, and
speaks a little Spanish and a few phrases of various other languages.
In addition to all things to do with wildlife and nature generally, she
enjoys painting and playing piano and guitar.
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Publications:
Primary
or
sole author:
- Green,
R. J. & Jones, D. N. 2010. Practices,
need
and
attitudes
of
bird-watching
tourists
in Australia. Sustainable Tourism CRC report.
- Green, R. J. 2007. Refining
the
conservation
management
of
seed-dispersing
frugivores
and their fruits: examples from Australia.
In
Dennis,
A.
J., Schupp, E. W., Green, R. J. and Westcott, D. W. (Eds)
Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK
- Green, R. J. and Giese, M. 2004. The Negative Effects
of
Wildlife
Tourism on Wildlife. In K. Higginbottom (ed.) Wildlife Tourism,
Sustainable Tourism CRC
- Green, R. J., Higginbottom, K. and Northrope, C.
2001. A
Tourism
Classification of Australian Wildlife. Wildlife Tourism Research
Report
Series No. 7, Status Assessment of Wildlife Tourism in Australia
Series, CRC for Sustainable Tourism
- Green, R. J. and Higginbottom, K.2001. The
Negative Effects of
Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife. Wildlife Tourism Research Report
Series
No. 5, Status Assessment of Wildlife Tourism in Australia Series, CRC
for Sustainable Tourism
- Green,R. J. and Catterall, C. P. 1998. The effects of
forest
clearing and regeneration on the fauna of Wivenhoe Park, south-east
Queensland. Wildlife Research 25(6) 677 - 690
- Green, R. J. 1995. Using frugivores for regeneration:
a
survey of
knowledge and problems in Australia. in J. A. Bissonette
and P. R. Krausman (eds) Integrating People and Wildlife for a
Sustainable Future, The Wildlife Society, Maryland
- Green R. J. and Higginbottom, K. 2000. The effects of
non-consumptive wildlife tourism on free-ranging wildlife: a review.
Pacific Conservation Biology 6:183-197
- Green, R. J. 1993. Avian seed dispersal in and near
subtropical
rainforests. Wildlife Research 20: 535-557
- Green, R. J. Catterall, C. P., Jones, D. N. and
Johnston,
J. B.
1993. The terrestrial fauna and flora of Wivenhoe Park, South-east
Queensland, and their changes following a century of pastoralism and
recent dam construction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland
103: 27-46
- Green, R. J., 1989. Problems of play: reflections on
research. Australian Primatology 4:2-3
- Green, R. J., 1988. Protectiveness by family members
towards
young chimpanzees: incidental notes taken at Taronga Zoo.
Australian Primatology 3: 13-14
- Green, R. J., Catterall, C. P. and Jones, D. N. 1988.
Foraging
and other behaviour of birds in subtropical and temperate suburban
habitats. Emu 89: 216-222
- Green, R. J., 1986. Native and exotic birds in the
suburban
habitat. In H. A. Ford and D.C. Paton (eds) The Dynamic Partnership:
Birds and Plants in Southern Australia. S. A. Government
Printers
- Green, R. J. 1984. Native and exotic birds in a
suburban
habitat.
Australian Wildlife Research 11:181-190
- Green, R. J. 1977. Bush Holidays and Outings in
Victoria.
Quartet
Books, Melbourne
- Green, R. J. 1977. Guidelines to the Preparation of
Nature
Trails. Australian Conservation Foundation,Melbourne
Papers
other
than primary authorship:
- Butler, D. W., Green, Ronda Joy, Lamb, D., McDonald,
W. J.
F. AND
Forster, P. I. 2007. Biogeography
of
seed-dispersal
syndromes,
life-forms
and
seed sizes
among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics.
Journal
of
Biogeography
34:1736-1750
- Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J., and Jones, D. N.
1989. The
occurrence of birds in relation to plants in a subtropical
city. Australian Wildlife Research 16:289-305
- Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J., and Jones, D. N.
1991. Habitat use by birds across a forest suburb interface
in Brisbane: implications for corridors. In (eds. D.A.
Saunders and R. J. Hobbs) Nature Conservation 2: the Role of
Corridors. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Sydney
- Dennis, A. J., Schupp, E. W., Green, R. J. and
Westcott, D.
W.
(Eds)
Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK
- Higginbottom, K., Green, R. J. and Northrope, C.
2003. A
framework
for
managing
the
negative
impacts of wildlife tourism on
wildlife. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 8: 1-24
- Higginbottom, K. B., Green, R. J., Leiper, N.,
Moscardo,
G.,
Tribe, A. and Buckley, R. 2003. Evaluation
of
Organised
Tourism
involving
Wild
Kangaroos. Sustainable Tourism
CRC Report
- Higginbottom, K., Northrope, C. and Green, R. J.
2001. The
Positive Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife. Wildlife Tourism
Research Report Series No. 6, Status Assessment of Wildlife Tourism in
Australia Series, CRC for Sustainable Tourism
- Moran, C., Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J. and Olsen,
M.
F.2004.
Fate of feathered fruit-eaters in fragmented forests.Pp 699-712 in D.
Lunney (ed.) Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna' (2nd edition), .
Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, Australia
- Moran, C., Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J. and Olsen,
M.
F.2004.
Functional variation among frugivorous birds: implications for
rainforest seed dispersal in a fragmented subtropical landscape.
Oecologia 141: 584-595
 See also articles by Ronda on the internet: (npte that
links to other websites and emails may be outdated):
The tour
operator's dilemma: Keeping the customer happy while not
disturbing the wildlife
Into the
Forest: Nicaragua's Selva Negra
Rara Avis:
Into the Tree-Tops
Dispersal
of
rainforest
seeds
by
frugivorous
birds
South America and
Australia: sister continents
Ronda
has
lectured in:
- University
(Griffith and Southern Cross):
population ecology, community ecology, conservation biology, techniqes
for wildife conservation, nature-based tourism
- School
for
Field Studies: population ecology, community ecology, conservation
biology
- Institute
of
advanced eductaion (Capricornia): animal house and field techniques,
micro and macro
techniques, social biology, indoor/outdoor laboratories
- Technial
and
Further Education (TAFE certificaye course): heritage tourism
- Adult
education (TAFE: South Brisbane and Yeronga) birdwatching and bird
behaviour, wildlife of southeast
Queensland
and
has
presented numerous talks at confereces, symposia, workshops and
public meetings, and has illustrated a couple of books (her own books
on 'Bush Holidays and Outings in Victoria' and 'Guide to the
Preparation of Nature Trails' plus a National Fitness Council
piblication on walking trails in the Adelaide Hills) or chapters of
books (The Aldinga
Scrub Conservation Park : a report on its history and natural
values and An Island in
suburbia : the natural and social history of Toohey Forest)
Sample of articles about Ronda:
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