Griffith University

BSc (Hons), PhD ANU

Associate Professor, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Associate Professor Catherine Pickering¹⁸

Research expertise

Plant ecology including reproductive, community and conservation ecology. Particular projects: plant reproductive ecology; alpine plant communities; effects of climate change on alpine plants; direct and indirect effects of tourism on plant communities; protected area management; distribution of weeds by tourists and their effect on native species.

Current teaching areas

• Biological Systems
• Botany
• Project
• Introduction to Research

Selected publications

Book chapters

• Pickering, C.M. and Weaver, D. (2003). Nature-based tourism and sustainability: Issues and approaches. In: Buckley, R., Pickering, C.M. and Weaver, D. (eds.), Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management. CABI Publishing, New York. pp 7-10. B1.
• Pickering, C.M. and Hill, W. (2003). Ecological change as a result of winter tourism: snow manipulation in the Australian Alps. In: Buckley, R., Pickering, C.M. and Weaver, D. (eds.) Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management. CABI Publishing, New York. pp 137-149. B1.
• Pickering, C.M., Johnston, S., Green, K. and Enders, G. (2003). Impacts of nature tourism on the Mount Kosciusko alpine area, Australia. In: Buckley, R., Pickering, C.M. and Weaver, D. (eds.), Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management. CABI Publishing, New York. pp 123-135. B1.
• Buckley, R.C., Pickering, C.M. and Warnken, J. (2000). Environmental management for alpine tourism and resorts in Australia. In: Godde, P.M., Price, M.F. and Zimmerman, F.M. (eds.), Tourism and Development in Mountain Regions. CABI Publishing, New York. pp. 27-46. B1

Journal articles

• Pickering, C.M. Hill, W. and Green, K. (2008). Vascular plant diversity and climate change in the alpine zone of the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17:1627?1644.
  
• Hadwen, W.L., Hill, W. and Pickering, C.M. (2008). Linking visitor impact research to visitor impact monitoring in protected areas. Journal of Ecotourism. 7: 87-93.
  
• Pickering, C.M. and Hill, W. (2007). Impacts of recreation and tourism on plant biodiversity and vegetation in protected areas in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management. 85: 791-800. C1.
• Hadwen, W. Hill, W. and Pickering, C.M. (2007). Icons under threat: Why monitoring visitors and their ecological impacts in protected areas matters. Ecological Management and Restoration. 8: 178-182. C1.
• Pickering, C.M., Hill, W. and Bear, R. (2007). Indirect impacts of nature based tourism and recreation: association between infrastructure and exotic plants in Kosciuszko National Park. Journal of Ecotourism. 6: 146-157. C1.
• Pickering, C.M., Harrington, J. and Worboys, G.L. (2003). Environmental Impacts of tourism on the Australian Alps protected areas: judgments of protected area managers. Mountain Research and Development. 23: 247-254. C1.
• Pickering, C.M. and Buckley, R.C. (2003). Swarming to the summit: managing tourist at Mt Kosciuszko, Australia. Mountain Research and Development. 23: 230-233. C1.
• Kelly, C., Pickering, C.M. and Buckley, R.C. (2003). Impacts of tourism on threatened plants taxa and communities in Australia. Ecological Restoration and Management. 4: 37-44. C1.

Conference publications

• Growcock, A.J., Pickering, C.M. and Johnston, S.W. (2006). Trampling after landscape level disturbance: impacts on subalpine vegetation and soils in the Australian Alps. Third International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas, Rapperswill, Switzerland, September 13-17th 2006. pp. 107-108.E1.
• Buckley, R., Pickering C.M. Castley, G. and Growcock, R. (2006). Recent recreation ecology research in Australia. Extended Abstract for Third International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas, Rapperswill, Switzerland, September 13-17th 2006. pp. 84-88. E1.
• Pickering, C.M. (2007). Climate change and other threats in the Australian Alps. In: Taylor, M. and Figgis, P. (eds). Protected Areas: Buffering Nature Against Climate Change. Proceedings of a WWF and IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Symposium, 18-19 June 2007, Canberra. WWF Australia, Sydney. pp. 28-34.

Books authored

• Pickering, C.M. (2008). Literature Review of Horse Riding Impacts on Protected Areas and a Guide to the Development of an Assessment and Monitoring Program. Commissioned research report for Environment Protection Agency, Queensland.
• Pickering, C.M. and Hill, W. (2007). Impacts of Tourism on Plants in Protected Areas in Australia. Research Report for the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre, Griffith University, Gold Coast. A2.
• Hill, W. and Pickering, C.M. (2002). Regulation of Summer Tourism in Mountain Conservation Reserves in Australia. Mountain Tourism Research Report No. 2. Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Gold Coast. 43 pp. ISBN 1 876685 57 3. A2.

Books edited

• Buckley, R., Pickering, C.M. and Weaver, D. (2003). Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management. CABI Publishing, New York. Refereed book. 213 pp. ISBN 0 85199 732 5. A3.
• Pickering, C.M., Green, K. and Bridle, K. (2002). Research on Australia???s High Country 1999-2001. Mountain Tourism Report. Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Gold Coast. 129 pp. ISBN 1 920704 00 0. A3.

Conference publications

• Pickering, C.M. (2008). Trends in Visitor Use and Experiences in the Australian Alps national parks Issues and Challenges for the 21st Century. Keynote speaker at Australian Alps Liaison Committee, WCPA IUCN Annual Workshop, Thredbo, May 2008.
• Pickering, C., Johnston, S., Green, K, and Enders, G. (2001). People on the roof: impacts of tourism on the alpine area of Mt Kosciuszko. In: Buckley, R., Abstracts, Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment. Australian Academy of Sciences, Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Gold Coast. ISBN 876685 69 7. E3.
• Pickering, C. M. and Hill, W. (2001). Potential Effects of Snow Manipulation on Vegetation in the Australian Alps. In: Buckley, R. In: Buckley, R., Abstracts, Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment. Australian Academy of Sciences, Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Gold Coast. ISBN 876685 69 7. E3.
• Johnston, S. Scherrer, P. and Pickering, C.M. (2001). Choosing well when providing infrastructure. In: Buckley, R. In: Buckley, R., Abstracts, Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment,. Australian Academy of Sciences, Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Gold Coast. ISBN 876685 69 7. E3.