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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 non-polar 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. 2013. Reaching
out to non-ecologists: why I got involved in
wildlife tourism, Journal of Ecotourism,
DOI:10.1080/14724049.2013.788655
- 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. Biography
of
seed-dispersal
syndromes,
life-forms
and
seed
sizes among woody rain-forest plants in
Australia's subtropics.
Journal of Biography 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: (note 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
Ecological
interactions and climate change
Ronda has lectured in:
- University
(Griffith and Southern Cross): population
ecology, community ecology, conservation
biology, techniques for wildlife conservation,
nature-based tourism
- School for Field
Studies: population ecology, community ecology,
conservation biology
- Institute of
advanced education (Capricornia): animal house
and field techniques, micro and macro
techniques, social biology, indoor/outdoor
laboratories
- Technical and
Further Education (TAFE certificate course):
heritage tourism
- Adult education
(TAFE: South Brisbane and Yeronga)
birdwatching and bird behaviour, wildlife of
south-east Queensland
and has presented
numerous talks at conferences, 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
publication 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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