Publications

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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.

Fernando P, Wikramanayake ED & Pastorini J (2006) Impact of tsunami on terrestrial ecosystems of Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Current Science 90:1531-1534.

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. Conservation Biology in Asia. J. A. McNeely, T. M. McCarthy, A. Smith, L. Olsvig-Whittaker and E. D. Wikramanayake. Kathmandu, Nepal, Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section and Resources Himalaya Foundation: 252-260.

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.

Wikramanayake ED, McKnight M, Dinerstein E, Joshi A, Guring B & Smith D (2004) Designing a conservation landscape for tigers in human-dominated environments. Conservation Biology 18:839-844.

Wikramanayake ED, Dinerstein E, Loucks C, Olson D, Morrison J, Lamoreux J, McKnight M & Hedao P (2002) Ecoregions in ascendance: Reply to Jepson and Whittaker. Conservation Biology 16:238-243.

Olson DM, Dinerstein E, Powell GVN &Wikramanayake ED (2002) Conservation biology for the biodiversity crisis. Editorial. Conservation Biology 16:1-3.

Olson DM, Dinerstein E, Wikramanayake ED, Burgess ND, Powell GVN, Underwood EC, D'Amico JA, Itoua I, Strand HE, Morrison JC, Loucks CJ, Allnutt TF, Ricketts TH, Kura Y, Lamoreux JF, Wettengel WW, Hedao P & Kassem KR (2001) Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on earth. BioScience 51:933-938.

Wikramanayake ED, Dinerstein E, Loucks C, Olson D, Morrison J, Lamoreux J, McKnight M & Hedao P (2001) Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Wikramanayake ED & Dryden GL (1999) Implications of heating and cooling rates in Varanus bengalensis and V. salvator. Mertensiella Vol 11.

Wikramanayake ED, Marcellini D & Ridwan W (1999) The thermal ecology of free-ranging Komodo dragons, Varanus komodoensis, on Komodo island, Indonesia. Mertensiella Vol 11.

Walsh T, Chiszar D, Wikramanayake ED, Smith HM & Murphy JB (1999) The thermal biology of captive and free ranging wild Komodo dragons, Varanus komodoensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Varanidae). Mertensiella Vol 11.

Wikramanayake ED, Dinerstein E, Robinson JG, Karanth U, Rabinowitz A, Olson D, Matthew T, Hedao P, Conner M, Hemley G & Bolze D (1999) Where can tigers live in the future? A framework for identifying high priority areas for conservation of tigers in the wild. In: Riding the Tiger. Conservation in a Human Dominated Landscape. Eds: Seidensticker J, Christie S & Jackson P. Cambridge University Press.

Wikramanayake ED (1999) Muntjaks and rice wine: Anatomy of a new species discovery from Vietnam. Zoogoer 28:22-27.

Wikramanayake ED, Dinerstein E, Robinson JG, Karanth U, Rabinowitz A, Olson D, Matthew T, Hedao P, Conner M, Hemley G & Bolze D (1998) An ecology-based method for defining priorities for large mammal conservation: The tiger as a case study. Conservation Biology 12:865-878.

Giao PM, Dung VV, Touc D, Wikramanayake ED, Amato G, Arctander P & MacKinnon JM (1998) Description of Muntiacus truongsonensis, a new species of muntjac (Artiodactyla: Muntiacidae) from Central Vietnam, and implications for conservation. Animal Conservation 1:61-68.

Dillon TC & Wikramanayake ED (1997) Parks, peace and progress: A forum for transboundary conservation in Indochina. Parks for peace. PARKS 7(3):36-51.

Wikramanayake ED (1997) Journey to the land of the dragon. Smithsonian Magazine 28(1):74-87.

Dinerstein E, Wikramanayake ED & Forney M (1995) From reservoirs to remnants: Conserving the tropical moist forests of the Indo-Pacific region. In: Ecology, conservation and management of southeast Asian rainforests. Eds: Primack RB & Lovejoy TE. Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

Wikramanayake ED (1995) Activity and thermal ecophysiology of two sympatric monitor lizards in Sri Lanka. Journal of South Asian Natural History 2:213-224.

Wikramanayake ED & Dryden GL (1993) The thermal ecology of habitat and microhabitat use by sympatric Varanus bengalensis and V. salvator in Sri Lanka. Copeia 1993:709-714.

Dinerstein E & Wikramanayake ED (1993) Beyond "hotspots": How to prioritize investments in biodiversity in the Indo-Pacific region. Conservation Biology 7:53-65.

Dryden GL, Green B, Wikramanayake ED & Walker KG (1992) Energy and water turn-over in two tropical varanid lizards, Varanus bengalensis and V. salvator. Copeia 1992:102-107.

Wikramanayake ED (1990) Ecomorphology and biogeography of a tropical stream fish assemblage: Evolution of assemblage structure. Ecology 71:1756-1764.

Wikramanayake ED (1990) Monitoring monitors. Zoogoer 19:26-27.

Wikramanayake ED (1990) Conservation of endemic stream fishes of Sri Lanka: Results of a translocation experiment. Conservation Biology 4:3-37.

Wikramanayake ED & Moyle PB (1989) Ecological structure of tropical fish assemblages in wet-zone streams of Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoology 218:503-526.

Wikramanayake ED & Green B (1989) Thermoregulatory influences on the ecology of two sympatric varanids in Sri Lanka. Biotropica 21:74-79.

Wikramanayake ED & Dryden GL (1988) Reproductive ecology of Varanus indicus in Guam. Herpetologica 44:338-344.

Wikramanayake ED & Dryden GL (1986) Scanning electron microscopy of reproductive epithelia in the female musk shrew, Suncus murinus. Acta Theriologica 31(10):129-136.

Wikramanayake ED & Dryden GL (1985) Size of male Cryptobranchus alleganiensis at sexual maturity. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 21(2):76-79.

Wikramanayake ED, Walker KG & Dryden GL (1985) Behavior of pnemonectomized Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 21(1):23-26.