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Publications
A pdf file of each publication can be sent to you on request (pruthu62@gmail.com).
Fernando P, Kumar MA, Williams AC, Wikramanayake
E, Aziz T & Singh SM (2008) Review of Human-Elephant Conflict
Mitigation Methods Practiced in South Asia. AREAS Technical
Support Document Submitted to World Bank. WWF - World Wide Fund
for Nature. 46 p. Download
pdf (1.7 MB)
Fernando P, Wikramanayake ED, Janaka HK,
Jayasinghe LKA, Gunawardena M, Kotagama SW, Weerakoon D &
Pastorini J (2008) Ranging behavior of the Asian elephant in Sri
Lanka. Mammalian Biology 73:2-13. Abstract/Download
Pastorini J, Nishantha HG & Fernando
P (2007) A preliminary study on dung decay in the Yala National
Park, Sri Lanka. Gajah 27:48-51. Download
pdf (636 KB)
Fernando P (2007) Tsunami and elephant
"sixth sense" in Sri Lanka. Gajah 26:3-7. Download
pdf (216 KB)
Fernando P (2006) Elephant conservation
in Sri Lanka: Integrating scientific information to guide policy.
In: Groom MJ, Meffe GK & Carroll CR. (Eds.) Principles
of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland,
MA, USA. pp 649-652. Download
pdf (1 MB)
Fernando P, Polet G, Foead N, Ng LS, Pastorini
J & Melnick DJ (2006) Genetic diversity, phylogeny and conservation
of the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). Conservation
Genetics 7:439-448. Abstract/Download
Fernando P, Wikramanayake ED & Pastorini
J (2006) Impact of tsunami on terrestrial ecosystems of Yala National
Park, Sri Lanka. Current Science 90:1531-1534. Download
pdf (144 KB)
Fernando P, Wikramanayake ED, Weerakoon
D, Janaka HK, Gunawardena M, Jayasinghe LKA, Nishantha HG &
Pastorini J (2006). The future of Asian elephant conservation:
Setting sights beyound protected area boundaries. In: McNeely
JA, McCarthy TM, Smith A, Olsvig-Whittaker L & Wikramanayake
ED (Eds.) Conservation Biology in Asia. Society for Conservation
Biology Asia Section and Resources Himalaya Foundation, Kathmandu,
Nepal. pp 252-260. Download
pdf (2 MB)
Fernando P, Wickramanayake E, Weerakoon
D, Jayasinghe LKA, Gunawardene M & Janaka HK (2005) Perceptions
and patterns in human-elephant conflict in old and new settlements
in Sri Lanka: insights for mitigation and management. Biodiversity
and Conservation 14:2465-2481. Abstract/Download
Pastorini J, Fernando P, Forstner MRJ &
Melnick DJ (2005) Characterisation of new microsatellite loci
for the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). Molecular
Ecology Notes 5:149-151. Abstract/Download
Vidya TNC, Fernando P, Melnick DJ &
Sukumar R (2005) Population genetic structure and conservation
of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) across India. Animal
Conservation 8:377-388. Abstract/Download
Vidya TNC, Fernando P, Melnick DJ &
Sukumar R (2005) Absence of genetic substructuring within the
largest Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population,
and differentiation between geographically close populations:
a paradox? Heredity 94:71-80. Abstract/Download
Wickramanayake ED, Hathurusinghe HS, Janaka
HK, Jayasinghe LKA, Fernando P, Weerakoon DK & Gunawardene
MD (2004) The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: lessons from
mitigation, management, and conservation from traditional land-use
patterns. In: Jayewardene J (Ed.) Endangered Elephants: Past
Present and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant
Conservation Trust. p 164-169.
Weerakoon DK, Gunawardene MD, Janaka HK,
Jayasinghe LKA, Perera RAR, Fernando P & Wickramanayake E
(2004) Ranging behaviour and habitat use of elephants in Sri Lanka.
In: Jayewardene J (Ed.) Endangered Elephants: Past Present
and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation
Trust. p 68-70.
Gunawardene MD, Jayasinghe LKA, Janaka
HK, Weerakoon DK, Wickramanayake E & Fernando P (2004) Social
organization of elephants in Southern Sri Lanka. In: Jayewardene
J (Ed.) Endangered Elephants: Past Present and Future.
Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust. p 65-67.
Fernando P, Gunawardene MD, Hathurusinghe
HS, Janaka HK, Jayasinghe LKA, Perera RAR, Samansiri KPA, Sandanayake
A, Weerakoon DK & Wickramanayake E (2004) Towards a rational,
scientific elephant conservation and management strategy for Sri
Lanka. In: Jayewardene J (Ed.) Endangered Elephants: Past
Present and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant
Conservation Trust. p 199-200. Download
pdf (2.2 MB)
Pastorini J, Fernando P, Melnick DJ &
Forstner MRJ (2004) Isolation of 10 microsatellite markers for
mongoose lemurs (Eulemur mongoz). Molecular Ecology
Notes 4:67-69. Abstract/Download
Scott C, Foose T, Morales JC, Fernando
P, Melnick DJ, Boag PT, Davila JA & Van Coeverden de Groot
PJ (2004) Optimization of novel polymorphic microsatellites in
the endangered Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis).
Molecular Ecology Notes 4:194-196. Abstract/Download
Fernando P, Vidya TNC, Payne J, Stuewe
M, Davison G, Alfred RJ, Andau P, Bosi E, Kilbourn A & Melnick
DJ (2003) DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native
to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.
PLoS Biology 1:1-6. Abstract/Download
Fernando P, Vidya TNC, Rajapakse C, Dangolla
A & Melnick DJ (2003) Reliable noninvasive genotyping: fantasy
or reality? Journal of Heredity 94:115-123. Abstract/Download
Florescu A, Davila JA, Scott C, Fernando
P, Kellner K, Morales JC, Melnick D, Boag T & van Coeverden
de Groot P (2003) Polymorphic microsatellites in white rhinoceros.
Molecular Ecology Notes 3:344-345. Abstract/Download
Fernando P & Melnick DJ (2001) Molecular
sexing eutherian mammals. Molecular Ecology Notes 1:350-353.
Abstract/Download
Fernando P, Vidya TNC & Melnick DJ
(2001) Isolation and characterization of tri- and tetranucleotide
microsatellite loci in the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus.
Molecular Ecology Notes 1:232-233. Abstract/Download
Fernando P, Evans BJ, Morales JC &
Melnick DJ (2001) Electrophoresis artefacts - a previously unrecognized
cause of error in microsatellite analysis. Molecular Ecology
Notes 1:325-328. Abstract/Download
Fernando P, Pfrender ME, Encalada S &
Lande R (2000) Mitochondrial DNA variation, phylogeography, and
population structure of the Asian elephant. Heredity 84:362-372.
Abstract/Download
Fernando P & Lande R (2000) Molecular
genetic and behavioral analyses of social organization in the
Asian elephant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48:84-91.
Abstract/Download
Fernando P (2000) Elephants in Sri Lanka:
past, present, and future. Loris 22:38-44. Download
pdf (52 KB)
Armbruster P, Fernando P & Lande R
(1999) Time frames for population viability analysis of species
with long generations: an example with Asian elephants. Animal
Conservation 2:69-73. Abstract/Download
Fernando P (1997) Keeping jumbo afloat:
is translocation an answer to the human-elephant conflict? Sri
Lanka Nature 1:4-12.
Fernando P & Siriwardena M (1996) Microhyla
karunaratnei, a new species of frog endemic to Sri Lanka.
Journal of South Asian Natural History 2:135-142.
Fernando P, Dayawansa N & Siriwardena
M (1996) Description of the larval stage and notes on the reproduction
of Polypedates longinasus. Journal of South Asian
Natural History 1:235-240. Download
pdf (1.1 MB)
Kotagama S & Fernando P (1995) A
Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka. The wildlife Heritage
Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. pp.224.
Fernando P (1995) Implications of socio-ecology
and genetics on the conservation and management of the Sri Lankan
elephant. In: Daniel, JC & Datye H (Eds.) A Week with
Elephants. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Asian Elephants.
Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press, Bombay.
pp. 225-235.
Fernando P, Dayawansa N & Siriwardena
M (1994) Bufo kotagamai, a new toad (Bufonidae) from
Sri Lanka. Journal of South Asian Natural History 1:119-124.
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pdf (1.4 MB)
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