A5068600602- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Biological and pharmacological studies of plants
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Forest Management and Policy
University of Colombo
2024
Guangxi University
2017-2021
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
2019
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
2014
Abstract Aim Forest fragmentation is often accompanied by an increase in hunting intensity. Both factors are known drivers of species extirpations, but understanding their independent effects poor. Our goal was to partition the and on bird extirpations identify traits that make more vulnerable these two stressors. Location Menglun, Yunnan, SW China Methods We studied landscape within 10 km radius Menglun town, where forests have become highly fragmented monoculture rubber plantations....
Abstract Avian mixed-species flocks (MSFs) are an important example of species interactions threatened by the biodiversity crisis. They found throughout world in forested habitats but generally reduced size or frequency human disturbance. In southern China, a unique MSF system is led several closely- related fulvettas (Alcippe morrisonia, A. hueti, and davidi). Our objective was to understand how this distributed across elevational gradients, especially moving west into Hengduan Mountains,...
Understanding how landscape characteristics affect animal movement is essential for conservation in human-dominated habitats. A fundamental question monoculture agroforests, including rubber and tea plantations, wildlife its movement. Experimental translocations represent an important technique to assess animals' habitat selection while moving through agricultural matrices, especially when complemented with observations of birds' natural movements, "control" translocations, which birds are...
Abstract Fig trees provide important resources to tropical animals, but is their keystone role affected by human disturbance? In Sri Lanka, we found that more bird species were in close association with fruiting figs urban areas, suggesting accentuated there, and justifying planting.
A new species, Dendrobium taprobanium (Orchidaceae), is described and illustrated from the Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka. The species morphologically similar to D. trinervium Indochina. However, it can be readily distinguished by having a rounded callus with fine glandular hairs at seam of hypochile epichile, while has three rows thickened glabrous calli arising middle or posterior end lip extending apex midlobe. Due its morphological similarities, gunnarii, an endemic orchid Andaman...
Jaffna peninsula is quite an unexplored area of Sri Lanka’s lowland dry zone. We constructed a species checklist for all herpetofauna this based on short-term field survey, comprehensive literature review, museum specimens, and observations made by herpetologists. Based 200 × 10 m belt transects, we surveyed both during day night time, in different types habitats. The compiled comprised 44 reptiles (including three nationally threatened, one globally eight endemic species) 15 amphibians...
Ecological responses of nocturnal predatory birds to forest cover and other geospatial predictors vary both geographically taxonomically. Considerable knowledge gaps exist regarding the habitat associations Sri Lanka Frogmouth, a bird restricted Indian Western Ghats. Via 20-year island-wide survey, we searched for frogmouths in determine their at local landscape scales developed suitability model (HSM) predict current future distribution. We confirmed frogmouth presence 18% surveyed sites...
A new species of Ceylonosticta from the wet zone Sri Lanka is described and illustrated, namely goodalei sp.nov.(Kuruwita-Erathana foot path, Seethagangula, Adam's Peak, Samanala Nature Reserve, Ratnapura, 6.8196°N, 80.4615°E, 1109 m asl).The male specimens only genital ligula illustrated.Females are as yet unknown.A brief review "species-groups" provided, provisionally incorporating three recently (C.nancyae, C. rupasinghe, alwisi) well goodalei.A determination key updated by addition these...