![[Member-Image]](../assets/img/staff/4-anoma.webp)
Editor-in-Chief, PGIS Research Congress, 2017, Postgraduate Institute of science, Peradeniya
Restoration of old-growth Pine (Pinus caribaea) Plantations with Native Tree Species in Up Country Intermediate Zone, Sri Lanka.
Member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) - Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group from 2019-to date
Fulbright Research Fellowship, USA - Oct., 2016 to April, 2017
Member of the young scientists’ forum and a group leader of the National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC), Ministry of Science and Technology, Sri Lanka since 2001
Life member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLASS), Sri Lanka since 1993Flora
Mudannayake, A., Ranaweera, L., Samaraweera, P., Sooriyapathirana, S and Perera, A. (2022). Delilmitation of Sri Lankan cycad species inferred from morphological and genetic analyses. Flora. 152044. . Flora, .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152044.
Ecosphere
Lakkana, T., Ashton, M., Hooper, E., Perera, A. and Ediriweera, S. (2022). Tropical montane forest in South Asia: Composition, structure and dieback in relation to soils and topography. Ecosphere. Ecosphere, .
Scientific Reports
Mudannayake, A., Ranaweera, L., Samaraweera, P., Sooriyapathirana, S and Perera, A. (2019). The morpho-genetic and ecological niche analyses reveal the existence of climatically restricted Cycas zeylanicacomplex in Sri Lanka.. Scientific Reports, 9: 16807..
10.1038/s41598-019-53011-w.
Flora
Alahakoon, A.A.C.B., Perera, G.A.D., Merritt, D.J., Turner, S.R., Gama-Arachchige, N.S. (2019). Species-specific smoke effects on seed germination of plants from different habitats from Sri Lanka. Flora, 263: 151530.
The Sri Lanka Forester
Anoma Perera. (2018). Sustainable management of tropical humid forests of Sri Lanka in the face of climate change. . The Sri Lanka Forester, 39: 1-29.
University of Peradeniya
Anoma Perera. (2016). Touching the clouds: Journey to a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest at Dothalugala of the Knuckles Massif, Sri Lanka. University of Peradeniya, pp162. ISBN: 978-955-589-220-9.
Tropical Ecology
Gunarathne, R.M.U.K. and Perera, G.A.D. (2016). Does the invasion by Prosopis juliflora affect the die-back of the native dominant canopy tree species, Manilkara hexandra?. Tropical Ecology, 57 (3): 475-488.
Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences)
Asanka Mudannayake, Suneth Sooriyapathirana, Preminda Samaraweera and Anoma Perera. (2015). Cycas Taxa in Sri Lanka and their Morphological Characteristics. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences), 44(1): 13 – 23.
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Gunarathne, R.M.U.K. and Perera, G.A.D. (2014). Climatic factors responsible for triggering phenological events in Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard., a canopy tree in tropical semi-deciduous forest of Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 55 (1): 63-74.
First Edition, Creative Printers & Designers, Kandy.
Anoma Perera and Asanka Mudannayake. (2014). A manual for the identification of pollen of Sri Lankan Flora. First Edition, Creative Printers & Designers, Kandy., P 1-114. ISBN: 978-955-0495-19-1.
Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment (JTFE)
Gunarathne, R.M.U.K. and Perera, G.A.D. (2014). Die-out of Manilkara hexandra from Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka: Causes and some possible underlying mechanisms. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment (JTFE), 4 (1): 14-27.
Proceedings of the Jaffna University International Research Conference (JUICE 2012)
Perera, G.A.D. (2013). Ecology of Sri Lankan dry forests: Implications for conservation management of northernmost dry forests: Capacity development in a post-war context. Proceedings of the Jaffna University International Research Conference (JUICE 2012), University of Jaffna, Jaffna.
Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences)
Ekanayake, E. M. S., Wijesundara, D. S. A. and Perera, G. A. D. (2013). Floristic Richness and the Conservation Value of Tropical Humid Cloud Forests of Dothalugala Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences), 42 (20): 55-70.
The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka: Conservation status of the Fauna and Flora. Biodiversity Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and the Department of National Botanic Gardens, Colombo and Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Perera, G.A.D. (2012). Present status of Dry zone flora in Sri Lanka. The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka: Conservation status of the Fauna and Flora. Biodiversity Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and the Department of National Botanic Gardens, Colombo and Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., pp 165-180. ISBN: 978-955-0033-55-3.
Annual Scientific Sessions 2011 of the Medico-Legal Society of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo.
Anoma Perera. (2011). Use of botanical evidence in forensic investigations: possibilities and challenges for Sri Lanka. Plenary speech. Annual Scientific Sessions 2011 of the Medico-Legal Society of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo., : P 25-30.
Zoologica Zeylanica
Anoma Perera. (2011). Biomonitoring: a low-cost method for detecting air quality. Zoologica Zeylanica, Vol 2: 7-10.
CRC press, USA
Lisa D. Emberson, Patrick Bücker, Magnuz Engardt, Anna M. van Tienhoven, Madhoolika Agrawal, Mark Zunckel, Kevin Hicks, Hǻkan Pleijel, Nguyen T.K. Oanh, Lal P. Amgain, Towhid Islam, Syed R.A. Shamsi, G. Anoma D. Perera, Gert H.J. Krüger and Pieter R. Smit. (2010). Assessing ground-level ozone (O3) impacts to crops in parts of Asia and Southern Africa. Chapter 15, in: Air Pollution: health and environmental impacts. Bhola R. Gurjar, Luisa T. Molina and Chandra S.P. Ojha (Eds.). CRC press, USA, pp 421-445. ISBN: 9781439809624..
Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Colombo.
Perera, G.A.D. (2007). Forest die-back in Bundala National Park. Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Colombo., : Pp50.
Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Colombo.
Perera, G.A.D., Wijesooriya, S.M. (2007). Impact of fire on Biodiversity of Udawalawe National Park. Protected Area Management and Wildlife Conservation Project, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Colombo., : Pp 6.
Ceylon Journal of Science,
Wijesooriya, S.M. and Perera, G.A.D. (2007). Ecology and dynamics of the grassland vegetation at Pitawala Patana of the Knuckles Conservation Area, Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science,, 36(1): 35-52.
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Perera, G.A.D. (2005). Spatial Heterogeneity of the soil seed bank at dry deciduous forest at Wasgomuwa, Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 46 (1): 79-89.
Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Ecology
Perera, G.A.D. (2005). Diversity and dynamics of the soil seed bank of a tropical deciduous forest at Sigiriya Sanctuary,. Sri Lanka. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 46 (1): 65-78.
Postgraduate Institute of Science and the National Institute of Education, Peradeniya and Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Perera, G.A.D. (2004). Weeds In: the Supplementary Guide for G.C.E. Advanced Level Biology: Unit 8 – Applied Biology. Postgraduate Institute of Science and the National Institute of Education, Peradeniya and Maharagama, Sri Lanka., ISBN: 955-8787-027.
Journal of Tropical Forest Science
Perera, G.A.D. (2001). Secondary forest situation in Sri Lanka: a review. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 13(4): 768-785.
Journal of Tropical Forest Science
de Jong, W., Chokkalingam, U. and Perera G.A.D. (2001). The evolution of swidden fallow secondary forests in Asia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 13(4): 800-815.
Peradeniya University Botanical Society, Sri Lanka
Perera, G.A.D. (2001). Vegetation and the regeneration of moist deciduous forests at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. Phyta, Journal of the. Peradeniya University Botanical Society, Sri Lanka, 5(1): 9-16.
Journal of Ecology
Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Perera, G.A.D., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Ashton P.M.S. and Ashton P.S. (1997). Responses to nutrient addition among seedlings of eight closely related species of Shorea in Sri Lanka. Journal of Ecology, 85: 301-311.
The ecology of tropical forest tree seedlings. Swaine MD (Editor), UNESCO and the Parthenon, Paris and Carnforth.
Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Perera G.A.D., Ashton P.M.S. and Gunatilleke I.A.U.N. (1996). Seedling growth of Shorea section Doona (Dipterocarpaceae) in soils from topographically different sites of Sinharaja rain forest in Sri Lanka. The ecology of tropical forest tree seedlings. Swaine MD (Editor), UNESCO and the Parthenon, Paris and Carnforth., ISBN: 9231032992 & 1850706875: P245-265.
ITTO Tropical Forest Update
Perera, D., Brown N.D. and Burslem D.F. (1995). Restoring the degraded dry zone woodlands of Sri Lanka. ITTO Tropical Forest Update, 5: 8-10.