Research on Endangered fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Research on coral reef fish distribution, diversity and abundance
Research on ornithophilic mosquitoes in Sri Lanka
Research on Acaricide resistance and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus
In addition to teaching, emphasis is also given to research. Undergraduate students are given the opportunity to conduct research in a field of interest during their final year and they are encourage to share their findings at local and international forums. In addition, at present the department caters to 24 postgraduate students either registered for an M.Phil. or Ph.D. These students carryout their research in their chosen field of study related to topics in environment and biodiversity conservation, forensic entomology, parasitology, taxonomy and systematics, and vector borne diseases and vector control with the help and guidance from the academic staff of the Department.
Postgraduate Research Topics
Postgraduate Research Activities
- Dengue Vector Control In Sri Lanka Occurrence Of 'Kdr' Type Mutation And Wolbachia In Aedes Vector Mosquito Population And The Effect Of Insecticide Fogging On Insect Pollianators
Supervisors : Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne
Student : N.W.N.P. Nugapola - Ecology of sambar in Horton plains National park
Supervisors : Prof. K.B. Ranawana, Dr S.J. Perera
Student : W.M.D.S. Weerasekera - Role of small mammals as reservoir hosts of rickettsiosis and leptospirosis inSri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. R S Rajakaruna, Prof. S Boyagoda, Prof. M Meegaskumbura
Student : S. Yathramullage - Species Diversity Spatial Feeding Preferences And The Vector Status Of Ornithophilic Mosquitoes In Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Dr W A P P De Silva, Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne
Student : W.G.D. Chathuranga
- Abundance, diversity & distribution of commercial sea cucumber species in southern coast, Sri Lanka and taxonomic identification of commercially harvested sea cucumber species in Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Dr D.C.T. Dissanayake, Dr M P Kumara
Student : V.T.K. Dayarathna - Acaricide resistance status and genetic diversity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus in Kandy, Colombo and Kurunagala Police Kennels, Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne, Dr W.A.P.P. de Silva
Student : K.M.U.J. Bandara - Behavioural responses of coconut mites and biochemical analysis of coconuts in relation to varietal tolerance to the pest
Supervisors : Dr N.S. Arachchi , Prof. W.A.I.P. Karunarathne
Student : N.T.P. Wijewardana - Canine vector borne diseases; prevalence, diversity and phylogenetics of species infecting dogs in Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna, Prof. A. Dangolla
Student : Mr. P S Jayatilaka - Distribution of terrestrial gastropod pests, their seasonal abundance and degree of damage to crops in agricultural lands in the Nuwara Eliya District
Supervisors : Dr N.P.S. Kumburegama, Prof. K.B. Ranawana
Student : K.G.D.D. Thilakarathne - factors affecting the nest success and sex ratio of hatchery relocated green turtle and olive ridely eggs
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna
Student : N.S. Hewapathiranage - Geographic distribution, acaricide resistance and vector capacity of dog ticks I Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna
Student : U.I. Dissanayake - Impact of Tropical Forest Fragmentation on Figs and their Wasp-pollinator Interaction
Supervisors : Prof. W.A.I.P. Karunarathne, Dr A.M.T.A. Gunarathne
Student : W.M.G.A.S.T. B. Wijetunga - Molecula phylogeny and taxonomic revision of selected jumping spider genera (Family: Salticidae) Sri Lanka
Supervisors : Prof. S.P. Benjamin , Prof P.Samaraweera
Student : A. Satkunanathan - Monitoring population size, home range and behaviors of endangered fishing cat (Prionailurusviverrinus) in the Minneriya National Park and Minneriya Girithle Nature Reserve
Supervisors : Prof K.B. Ranawana
Student : A.N. Thudugala - Risk factors for consuming an unbalanced diet among 2 to 5 years old children and creation, administration and assessment of the effectiveness of a one year community based health promotion intervention in improving diet in selected MOH areas of Puttalam District
Supervisors : Prof. S Tennakoon, Dr M Chandrathilake
Student : D.S. Dheiyanthuduwage - Species composition ,distribution and abundance of dengue vector aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus in kurunegala district and efficacy of larvicide novaluron as a control measure
Supervisors : Dr W.A.P.P. De Silva, Dr T.C. Weeraratne, Prof. S.H.P.P. Karunarathne
Student : J.M.M.K. Herath - Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic of selected genera of cobweb spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) of Sri Lanka based on morphology and molecular markers
Supervisors : Prof. S.P. Benjamin, Prof P.Samaraweera
Student : M. Tharmarajan - Taxonomic revisions of jumping spider Tribe Ballini and subtribe Sparaeina of Sri Lanka based on morphology and DNA barcodes
Supervisors : Prof S.P. Benjamin, Prof. W.A.I.P. Karunarathne
Student : D.P. Bopearachchi - Trematode and ultraviolet radiation induced deformities and toxicity to agrochemicals in amphibians
Supervisors : Prof. R.S. Rajakaruna, Prof. M. Meegaskumbura
Student : D.A.G.N.B. Karunarathna
Undergraduate Research Topics
- Avifaunal diversity along an urbanization gradient
Student: S.N. Rathnasiri (S/17/132)
Supervisor(s): Dr. Chaminda Wijesundara and Prof. Sudharma K. Yatigammana - Effect of host blood meal on fecundity of female mosquitoes
Student: R.P. Harshana Wimalarathna (S/17/171)
Supervisor(s): Dr. T. C. Weeraratne - Effect of laced formalin on blowfly colonization maggot mass and rate of decay of fish carcasses
Student: T.D. Danushka Heshan (S/17/064)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Inoka Karunaratne - Fishery bycatch and impact of long term fisher awareness program in Kalpitiya
Student: R.M.P. Abeywickrama (S/17/002)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Rupika Subashini Rajakaruna - Molecular investigation of Theileria spp. In Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Student: T.M. Chathuri Sandamali (S/17/145)
Supervisor(s): Dr. Piyumali K. Perera - Phenotypic plasticity of tadpoles with environmental stress
Student: D.C.M. Peiris (S/17/116)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Suyama H. Boyagoda - Skin bacterial volatiles of vertebrates and host preferences of mosquito vectors
Student: B.V.D. Supun Baddevithana
Supervisor(s): Prof. W.A. Priyanka .P. de Silva - Species composition and DNA barcoding of fish in Negombo and Puttalam lagoons, Sri Lanka
Student: H.M.T.Priyadarshika (S/17/125)
Supervisor(s): Dr. N. P. Shalika Kumburegama
Recent Research Publications
- Breeding Habitat Preference of the Dengue Vector Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Urban, Semiurban, and Rural Areas in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Efficacy of the insect growth regulator novaluron in the control of dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Scientific Reports
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Persistence and potential risks of tetracyclines and their transformation products in two typical different animal manure composting treatments
Publication : Environmental Pollution
Year : 2024
Members :Wu, D., Dai, S., Feng, H., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Yang, M. and Zhang, Y. - Stage-specific insecticide susceptibility and life-table analysis of the dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Taxonomy, Bio-Ecology and Insecticide Resistance of AnophelineVectors of Malaria in Sri Lanka
Publication : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year : 2024
Members : Surendran, S.N. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Cryptosporidium infections in Sri Lanka: A Systematic Review
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2024
Members : Fareed, F., Thilakarathna, A.T.P., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Noordeen, F. - Biodiversity dynamics of terrestrial gastropods in the tropical
montane rainforests of Nuwara Eliya, Sri
Lanka
Publication : Archives of Biological Sciences
Year : 2024
Members : Thilakarathne, D.D., Ranawana, K.B. and Kumburegama, S. - Diversity of Waterbirds and Potential for
Promoting Avitourism in Selected Regions in the Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka.
Publication : International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
Year : 2024
Members : Jayarathna, D. and Wijesundara, C.S. - Land-Use
Pattern-Based Spatial Variation of Physicochemical Parameters and Efficacy of
Safe Drinking Water Supply along the Mahaweli River, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Water
Year : 2024
Members : Thilakarathna, P.A.; Fareed, F.; Makehelwala, M.; Weragoda, S.K.; Fernando, R.; Premachandra, T.; Rajapakse, M.; Wei, Y.; Yang, M.; Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into Sri Lankan killifishes (Teleostei: Aplocheilidae)
Publication : Journal of Fish Biology
Year : 2024
Members : Hiranya Sudasinghe, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Lukas Rüber, Madhava Meegaskumbura - Terrestrial pest gastropod diversity and
spatiotemporal variations in highland
agricultural lands of Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of Ecology and Environment
Year : 2024
Members : Thilakarathne, K.G.D.D., Hirimuthugoda, G.N., Ranawana, K.B. and Kumburegama, S.
- Pseudophilautus pardus,
a junior synonym of P. viridis (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae).
Publication : Zootaxa
Year : 2023
Members : Wijayathilaka N, Perera U, Manamendra-Arachchi K, et al.. - Associations of Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis with skin bacteria and fungi on Asian amphibian hosts.
Publication : ISME Communications
Year : 2023
Members : Sun, D., Herath, J., Shipeng, J., Ellepola, G. et al - Insecticide
Resistance, Resistance Mechanisms, and Phylogeny of Three Myzus persicae
Populations in Cabbage from Three Agroclimatic Zones of Sri Lanka
Publication : Tropical Agricultural Research
Year : 2023
Members : Marasinghe, J. P., Karunarane, S.H.P.P., Surendran S.N., Hemachandra K.S. and Nugaliadde L. - Ovicidal and oviposition deterrence properties
of Tabernaemontana divaricata (Apocynaceae) against Aedes albopictus
and Culex quinquefasciatus in Sri Lanka
Publication : Arthropod-Plant interactions
Year : 2023
Members : Wijesundara, W.M.S.H., Weeraratne, T.C. and de Silva, W.A.P.P. - Breeding site
selection and co-existing patterns of tropical mosquitoes
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2023
Members : Chathuranga W. G. D., Weeraratne, T.C., Abeysundara, S.P., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. and de Silva, W.A.P.P - Breeding site selection and co‐existing
patterns of tropical mosquitoes
Publication : Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Year : 2023
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D., Weeraratne, T. C., Abeysundara, S. P., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & de Silva, W. P. P. - Diversification and biogeography of Rhacophoridae – a model testing approach
Publication : Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2023
Members : Ellepola G. and Meegaskumbura M. - Ecological barriers for an amphibian pathogen: a narrow ecological
niche for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in an Asian Chytrid hotspot.
Publication : Journal of Fungi
Year : 2023
Members : Sun, D., Ellepola, G., Herath, J. et al. - Effects of Triclosan
on the Development of Antimicrobial Resistance
in the Environment: A Review
Publication : Current Pollution Reports
Year : 2023
Members : Wang, C., Liu, S., Feng, H., Barrett, H., Peng, H., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Zhang, Y. and Yang, M. - Emerging threat of Ranavirus: prevalence, genetic diversity, and
climatic drivers of Ranavirus (Iridoviridae) in ectothermic vertebrates of Asia.
Publication : Frontiers in Veterinary siences
Year : 2023
Members : Herath, J., Sun, D., Ellepola., G. et al. - Freshwater gastropod composition and the key
environmental determinants in Hulu Ganga and Ma Oya river basins of Sri Lanka
Publication : Taprobanica
Year : 2023
Members : Liyanagedara, P. H., Wijesundara, W. M. C. S., Yatigammana, M. W. S. K., and Kumburegama, S. - Freshwater Gastropod Composition and the Key Environmental Determinants in Hulu Ganga and Ma Oya River Basins of Sri Lanka
Publication : Taprobanica
Year : 2023
Members : P.H. Liyanagedara, W.M.C.S. Wijesundara, M.W.S.K. Yatigammana & S. Kumburegama - Taxonomic review of the enigmatic Sri Lankan land snail genus Acavus (Eupulmonata:Acavidae)
Publication : Molluscs of South Asia
Year : 2023
Members : Kumudu Wijesooriya, Lakshani Weerasekara, Dinarzarde Raheem, Kithsiri Ranawana - The Ecology and Social Structure of the Asian Colobines. In Sussman RW.
Hart D, Calquhoun IC (Eds.) (pp.481-532).Rowman
and Littlefield
Publication : The Natural History of Primates: A Systematic Survey of Ecology and Behavior
Year : 2023
Members : Rajnish Vandercone, Camille Coudrat, and Patricia Ormond - The loach genus Lepidocephalichthys (Teleostei: Cobitidae) in Sri Lanka and peninsular India: multiple colonizations and unexpected species diversity
Publication : Hydrobiologia
Year : 2023
Members : Hiranya Sudasinghe, Neelesh Dahanukar, Rajeev Raghavan, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Kumudu Wijesooriya, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Lukas Rüber, and Madhava Meegaskumbura - The two chytrid pathogens of amphibians in Eurasia-climatic niches
and future expansion.
Publication : BMC Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2023
Members : Sun D, Ellepola G, Herath J, Meegaskumbura M. - Transgenic mosquitoes: Is that a reality?
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2023
Members : Karunaratne, S.H.P.P.
- Morphological variations in male
genitalia of seven mosquito genera (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kandy, Sri Lanka. ,
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Anuradha, G. N. P. V., de Silva, W. A. P. P., Chathuranga, W. G. D., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & Weeraratne, T. C. - Adapting to Novel Environments Together: Evolutionary and Ecological Correlates of the Bacterial Microbiome of the World’s Largest Cavefish Diversification (Cyprinidae, Sinocyclocheilus)
Publication : Frontiers in Microbiology
Year : 2022
Members :Shipeng Zhou, Amrapali P. Rajput, Tingru Mao, Yewei Liu, Gajaba Ellepola, Jayampathi Herath, Jian Yang and Madhava Meegaskumbura - The role of climate and islands in species diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old World tree frogs
Publication : Communications Biology
Year : 2022
Members :Gajaba Ellepola, Marcio R. Pie, Rohan Pethiyagoda, James Hanken & Madhava Meegaskumbura - Impacts of Bambusa
bambos spread on seedling recruitment, mortality and regeneration potential
of native species in tropical moist evergreen forests of Sri Lanka.
Publication : Journal of Tropical Forest Science
Year : 2022
Members : Wijewickrama, T., Karunaratne, I., Wijesundara, S. and Madawala, S. - Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss spread influences litter-dwelling
arthropod communities in native forests: A case study from Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ecological Entomology
Year : 2022
Members : Wijewickrama, T., Karunaratne, I., Wijesundara, S. and Madawala, S. - Behavioral characterization
of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Defining progressive
stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations
Publication : Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Year : 2022
Members : LaDue CA, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Freeman WA - Distinct Frizzled
receptors independently mediate endomesoderm specification and primary
archenteron invagination during gastrulation in Nematostella.
Publication : Developmental Biology
Year : 2022
Members : Wijesena, N., Sun, H., Kumburegama, S. and Wikramanayake, A. H. - Feline urinary bladder worm Capillaria (syn. Pearsonema) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka: 28th-30th October 2022.
Year : 2022
Members : De Silva, T. K., Wijeratne, S., Perera, P.K., Wijesundera, W.R., Perera, V., Rajakaruna, R.S. - First molecular identification of Ancylostoma species in dogs in a rural tea estate community in Sri Lanka and the detection of other zoonotic gastro-intestinal parasites.
Publication : Acta Parasitologica
Year : 2022
Members : De Silva, T.K., Rajakaruna, R.S., Mohotti, K.P., Rajapakse, R.P.V.J., Perera, P.K. - Native Sri Lankan bees enhance pollination of sesame, Sesamum indicum.
Publication : Ceylon journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Ekanayake, E.M.D. and Karunaratne, W.A.I.P. - Social Behavior and
Group Formation in Male Asian Elephants (Elephas
maximus): The Effects of Age and Musth in Wild and Zoo-Housed
Animals
Publication : Animals
Year : 2022
Members : LaDue CA, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Freeman WA - Weather-Based Prediction
Models for the Prevalence of Dengue Vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine.
Year : 2022
Members : Herath, J.M.M.K., Abeyasundara, H.T.K., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. (2022). - Agamid lizard predation by
Macaca sinica (Toque Macaque) in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Publication : Natural history note
Year : 2022
Members : Wijesooriya, K., Weerasekara, L and Ranawana, K - Agamid Lizard Predation by Macaca sinica (Toque Macaque) in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Mammalia
Year : 2022
Members : Wijesooriya K., Weerasekara L. and Ranawana, K. - Bio-efficacy of Selected Novel Insecticides for the
Management of Whiteflies and Aphids in Bitter Gourd and
Brinjal in Sri Lanka
Publication : Annals of Sri Lanka Department of Agriculture
Year : 2022
Members : J.P. Marasinghe, R.J.K.N.P. Samarasinghe, S.R.K. Madugalla, L. Nugaliyadde, K.S. Hemachandra, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne - Canine geohelminth in Digana and Pussellawa areas in Kandy District: Investigation with Special reference to Ancylostoma.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 28-30 October, 2022.
Year : 2022
Members : Amarasingha, T.H.P.S., Anupama, N.M.T., Rajapakse, R.P.V.J., Perera, P.K. - Community-level awareness and perspective towards human-monkey conflict in
Polonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka. Primates
Publication : Original research article
Year : 2022
Members : Poornima, A.M.N.S., Weerasekara, W.M.L.S., Vinobaba, M and Karunarathna, K.A.N.K - Dirofilariasis in dogs brought to the Veterinary Teaching, Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress, Sri Lanka: 28th-30th October 2022.
Year : 2022
Members : Thilakarathne, S.S, Wijayawardhane, N., Perera P.K., Mallawa, C., Rajakaruna, R.S. - Estimating
colonization time of maggots infesting wounds in dogs: three case studies
Publication : Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal
Year : 2022
Members : Bandara W. R. U. A., Karunaratne W. A. I. P., Fuward R. M., Dangolla A. and Yasakeerthi A. D. H. - Evolving in the darkness: phylogenomics of Sinocyclocheilus cavefishes highlights recent diversification and cryptic diversity.
Publication : Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution
Year : 2022
Members : Mao, TR., Liu, YW., Vasconcellos, MM., Pie, MR., Ellepola, G., Fu, C., Yang, J. and Meegaskumbura, M. - Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthydae: Oryzias) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2022
Members : Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, T., Wijesooriya, K., Pethiyagoda, R., Rüber, L. and Meegaskumbura, M. - Mosquito Control: A Review on the Past, Present and Future Strategies
Publication : Journal of National Science Foundation Sri Lanka
Year : 2022
Members : S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and S.N. Surendran - Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication : Theriogenology Wild
Year : 2022
Members : LaDue CA, Hunt KE, Samaraweera MGSM, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Elizabeth W. Freeman, EW. - Same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) in free-ranging Toque acaques (Macaca sinica aurifrons) in the lower Hanthana region, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Postgraduate Institute of Science Annual Research Congress, Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Year : 2022
Members : Weerasekra, W.M.L.S., Wijesooriya, W.M.K.B., Ranawana, K.B. - Spatial distribution pattern of ornithophilic mosquitoes along
the vertical axis in forest habitats
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D., Weereratne, T. C., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P., & De Silva, W. A. P. P. - Spatial distribution pattern of ornithophilic mosquitoes along the vertical axis in forest
habitats
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2022
Members : W.G.D. Chathuranga, T.C. Weereratne, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and W.A.P.P. De Silva - The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and
Widespread Coral Reef Destruction
Publication : Biological Sciences
Year : 2022
Members : Mark Eakin and others (including Munasinghe Chathurika) - Troop composition of free-ranging Toque macaque in dry and wet zones of Sri Lanka: reviewed by multivariate method using R.
Publication : International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences. Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Year : 2022
Members : Weerasekara, W.M.L.S., Wijesooriya, W.M.K.B., Britto C. S. A., and Ranawana, K.B. - Weather-Based Prediction Models for the Prevalence of Dengue
Vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus
Publication : Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year : 2022
Members : J. M. Manel K. Herath, Hemalika T. K. Abeyasundara, W. A. Priyanka P. De Silva, Thilini C. Weeraratne and S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne
- Cochineal Scale Dactylopius opuntiae controls Opuntia dillenii in Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2021
Members : Galappaththi, M.C.A., Patabendige, N.M., Amarasinghe, S.S., Ranawana, K.B. and Karunaratne, W.A.I.P. - Effect
of type of tissue on the development of Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Sri
Lanka.
Publication : Journal of Medical Entomology
Year : 2021
Members : Bambaradeniya, Y.T.B., Karunaratne, W.A.I.P., Tomberlin J.K. and Magni P.A. - Acaricide resistance
in the spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini
(Acari: Argasidae) infesting racehorses in Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of national Science Foundation Sri Lanka
Year : 2021
Members : Diyes, G.C.P., Bandara, K.M.U.J., Rajakaruna, R.S. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish
is marked by rate shifts, reversals, and origin of novel traits
Publication : BMC Ecol Evo
Year : 2021
Members : Mao, TR., Liu, YW., Ellepola, G., Pie, MR., Meegaskumbura, M. et al. - Habitat associations and distribution modeling of the endangered frog Pseudophilautus zorro In Sri Lanka
Publication : Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Year : 2021
Members : Rupasinghe UALD, Vandercone RPG, Ukuwela KDB - Mixed-species associations
and attempted mating suggest hybridization between purple-faced and tufted gray
langurs of Sri Lanka
Publication : Primates
Year : 2021
Members : Lu A, Sirimanna DG, Wijayathunga L, Vandercone R, Salmi R - Molecular species
delimitation of shrub frogs of the genus Pseudophilautus (Anura,
Rhacophoridae)
Publication : PLoS ONE
Year : 2021
Members : Ellepola G, Herath J, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Wijayathilaka N, Senevirathne G, Pethiyagoda R, et al. - Scars of human–elephant conflict: patterns inferred from field
observations of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka
Publication : Wildlife Research
Year : 2021
Members : LaDue CA, Vandercone RPG, Kiso WK, Freeman WA - Use of transcriptional age grading
technique to determine the chronological age of Sri Lankan female dengue
mosquitoes; Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
Publication : Parasites & Vectors
Year : 2021
Members : Weeraratne, T.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Reimer, L.J., De Silva, W.A.P.P. & Wondji, C.S. - A
rare case of micro-angiopathic hemolytic anemia due to envenoming by giant Asian
honeybee.
Publication : Wilderness & Environmental Medicine.
Year : 2021
Members : Witharana, R.A., Arosha Dissanayake, Inoka Karunaratne, Samantha Wijesinghe - An asynchronous Mesozoic marine revolution: the Cenozoic intensification of predation on echinoids
Publication : Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Year : 2021
Members : Elizabeth Petsios, Roger W. Portell, Lyndsey Farrar, Shamindri Tennakoon, Tobias Grun, Michal Kowalewski, Carrie Tyler - Assessment of
crop and property damage caused by Semnopithecus vetulus nestor (Bennett, 1833)
(Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. Journal of
Threatened Taxa,
Publication : Communication
Year : 2021
Members : Wijethilaka, S., Weerasekara, L.S., Bandara, S and Ranawana, K.B. - Blood parasites of bird communities in Sri Lanka and their mosquito
vectors
Publication : Parasitology Research
Year : 2021
Members : Chathuranga, W. G. D. Fernando, B. R., Weereratne, T. C., Karunaratne, S. H. P. P. & De Silva, W. A. P. P. - Blood parasites of bird communities in Sri Lanka and their mosquito
vectors.
Publication : Parasitology Research
Year : 2021
Members : Chathuranga, W.G.D., Fernando, B.R., Weereratne, T.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. and De Silva, W.A.P.P. - Comparison of gastro-intestinal parasites with zoonotic and anthroponotic potential in two subspecies of toque macaque (Macaca sinica) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports
Year : 2021
Members : Thilakarathne, S.S., Rajakaruna, R.S., Fernando, D., Rajapakse, R.P.V.J. and Perera, P.K. - Diversity and distribution of avifauna at
Warathenna-Hakkinda Environmental Protection Area in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of Threatened Taxa
Year : 2021
Members : Thilakarathne, D., Lakkana, T., Hirimuthugoda, G., Wijesundara, C., and Kumburegama, S. - Ecotourism potentials in Chundikkulam National
Park of the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka
Publication : Proceedings of the Vavuniya University International Research Conference
Year : 2021
Members : Rajkumar, P. and Wijesundara, C. S. - Embryonic and larval development in the freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
Publication : Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences
Year : 2021
Members : K. G. D. D. Thilakarathne, G. N. Hirimuthugoda, P. H. T. Lakkana and S. Kumburegama - Evaluation of
insecticide resistance and underlying resistance mechanisms in selected
whitefly populations in Sri Lanka
Publication : Journal of National Science Foundation Sri Lanka
Year : 2021
Members : Marasinghe, J.P. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Evaluation of Development datasets for Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera:
Stratiomyidae) for estimating the time of placement of human and swine remains in Texas,
USA
Publication : Journal of Medical Entomology
Year : 2021
Members : Lue Cuttiford, Meghan L. Pimsler, Chong Chin Heo, Le Zhend, Inoka Karunaratne, Gabriele Trissini, Aaron M. Tarone, Simonetta Lambiase, Jonathan A. Cammack, and Jeffrey K. Tomberlin - Experimental aspects of life cycle of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Hyalomma isaaci on New Zealand white rabbits.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2021
Members : Bandaranayaka, K.O., Dissanayke, U.I. and Rajakaruna, R.S. - Gastro-intestinal parasites in two subspecies of toque macaque (Macaca sinica) in Sri Lanka and their zoonotic potential
Publication : Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports
Year : 2021
Members : Sandani S.Thilakarathne, Rupika S.Rajakaruna, Deepani D.Fernando, R.P.V.J.Rajapakse, Piyumali K.Perera - Gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in a remote tea-growing area in Talawakelle: A potential public health problem
Publication : Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress (PGIS ResCon) Proceedings, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Year : 2021
Members : De Silva T.K., Rajakaruna R.S., Mohotti K.P., Rajapakse R.P.V.J., Perera P.K. - Gastrointestinal parasites of endemic and endangered free-ranging purple-faced leaf monkey
(Semnopithecus vetulus) in Sri Lanka: effect of host group size and habitat type.
Primates
Publication : Original research article
Year : 2021
Members : Weerasekara, L., Wijesooriya, K., Ranawana, K., Anupama, T and Rajapakse, J. - Gastrointestinal parasites of endemic and endangered free-ranging purple-faced leaf monkey (Semnopithecus vetulus) in Sri Lanka: effect of host group size and habitat type.
Publication : Primates
Year : 2021
Members : Weerasekara, L., Wijesooriya, K., Ranawana, K., Anupama, T. and Rajapakse, J. - Genetic diversity and population structure of Phlebotomus argentipes: vector of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka.
Publication : PLoS ONE
Year : 2021
Members : Pathirage, D.R.K., Weeraratne, T.C., Senanayake, S.C., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. and Karunaweera, N.D. - Genetic diversity and population structure of Phlebotomus argentipes: Vector of Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka
Publication : Plos one
Year : 2021
Members : Pathirage, D. R. K., Weeraratne, T. C., Senanayake, S. C., Karunaratne, S. P., & Karunaweera, N. D. - Human Otoacariasis in Two Climatically Diverse Districts in Sri Lanka: Seasonality, Risk Factors, and Case Notes.
Publication : Acta Parasitologica
Year : 2021
Members : Bandaranayaka, K.O., Kularatne, S.A.M., Rajapakse, R.P.V.J., Abeysundara, U.B., Rajapaksha, R.M.M.A. and Rajakaruna, R.S. - Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : BMC Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2021
Members : Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, T., Herath, J., Wijesooriya, K., Pethiyagoda, R., Rüber, L. and Meegaskumbura, M. - Mortality patterns of Asian elephants in a
region of human–elephant conflict
Publication : Journal of Wildlife Management
Year : 2021
Members : LaDue CA, Eranda I, Jayasinghe C, Vandercone RPG - Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology
Publication : Paleobiolgy; on the record
Year : 2021
Members : Pedro M. Monarrez* , Joshua B. Zimmt, Annaka M. Clement, William Gearty, John J. Jacisin, III, Kelsey M. Jenkins, Kristopher M. Kusnerik , Ashley W. Poust, Selina V. Robson, Judith A. Sclafani , Kelsey T. Stilson, Shamindri D. Tennakoon, and Carmi Milagros Thompson - Patterns
of infection, origins, and transmission of ranaviruses among the ectothermic
vertebrates of Asia.
Publication : Ecology and Evolution
Year : 2021
Members : Herath, J., Ellepola, G. and Meegaskumbura, M. (2021) - Resource-efficient and eco-friendly model for fruit processing industry waste valorisation using black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae under tropical conditions.
Publication : Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
Year : 2021
Members : Perera, K.S.L., Liyanage, C.J., Jinadasa, H.R.N., Gedara, P.K. and Karunaratne, W.A.I.P. - Scarabiasis revisited: a case study from Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Medical Journal
Year : 2021
Members : Gamage P., Anjalie Amarasinghe, Inoka Karunaratne, Rumala Morel, Nalin Nandasiri - Second case report of slender coral snake (Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus) envenomation of Sri Lanka.
Publication : Toxicon
Year : 2021
Members : Maduwage, K., Buddika, H., Ranasinghe, J. and Wijesooriya, K. - Spatial analysis of
geophysical and environmental factors characterize distinct coral reef habitats
around Sri Lanka; implications for management.
Publication : Ocean and Coastal Management
Year : 2021
Members : Ellepola, G., Harsichandra, S and Ranawana, K.B - Sri Lanka sea turtle identification project (SLTID): Using image-based identification for sea turtle conservation
Publication : Proceedings of the Sixth National Symposium on Marine Environment, Marine Environment Protection Authority
Year : 2021
Members : Waduge G.R.D. - Survey
of relative abundance of diurnal primates in the Giritale Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Asian
Primates Journal,
Publication : Original research article
Year : 2021
Members : Weerasekara, L.S., Wijesooriya, K.B., Ranawana, K.B and Vandercone, R.P. - Survey of Relative Abundance of Diurnal Primates in the Giritale Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Asian Primates Journal
Year : 2021
Members : Weerasekara L.S., Wijesooriya K.B., Ranawana K.B. and Vandercone R.P. - Teratological anomalies of an adult Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari:
Ixodidae)
Publication : Systematic and Applied Acarology.
Year : 2021
Members : Diyes, G.C.P. and Rajakaruna, R.S. - Teratological anomalies of an adult Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)
Publication : Systematic and Applied Acarology
Year : 2021
Members : Diyes, G.C.P. and Rajakaruna, R.S. - The
influence of habitat changes on elephant mortality associated with
human–elephant conflict: Identifying areas of concern in the North Central dry
zone of Sri Lanka
Publication : Sustainability
Year : 2021
Members : LaDue CA, Farinelli SM, Eranda I, Jayasinghe C, Vandercone RPG - Use of Transcriptional Age Grading Technique to Determine the Chronological Age of Sri Lankan Female Dengue Mosquitoes; Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Publication : Parasites and Vectors
Year : 2021
Members : Weeraratne, T. C., Karunaratne, S. P., Reimer, L. S., de Silva, W. P., & Wondji, C. S. - What drives the dominance and distribution of Cyanobacteria and
Dinoflagellata in reservoirs of Sri Lanka?
Publication : Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Science
Year : 2021
Members : P. A. A. P. K. Senanayake, S. Kumburegama, C. S. Wijesundara and S. K. Yatigammana - What drives the dominance and distribution of Cyanobacteria and Dinoflagellata in reservoirs of Sri Lanka?
Publication : Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences
Year : 2021
Members : Senanayake, P. A. A. P. K., Kumburegama, S., Wijesundara, C. S., and Yatigammana, S. K.
- ICHTHYOFAUNA AT WARATHENNA-HAKKINDA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREA IN KANDY, SRI LANKA
Publication : Wildlanka
Year : 2020
Members : Thilakarathne,D,Hirimuthugoda,G.N, Lakkana,T, Kumburegama,S, - Foraging behavior of Purple-rumped sunbird (Leptocoma
zeylonica) and Long-billed sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius) in selected
habitats in Kandy district, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Perera, N. and Wijesundara, C. S. - Gastro-intestinal parasites of wet and dry zone toque macaques (Macaca sinica) and their zoonotic and anthroponotic potential
Publication : Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress
Year : 2020
Members : Thilakarathne S.S, Rajakaruna R.S, Rajapakse R.P.V.J., Perera P.K. - An appraisal of oriental theileriosis and the Theileria orientalis complex, with an emphasis on diagnosis and genetic characterisation
Publication : Parasitology Research
Year : 2020
Members : Hagos Gebrekidan, Piyumali K Perera, Abdul Ghafar, Tariq Abbas, Robin B Gasser, Abdul Jabbar - Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss. Alters. Structure and composition of native forests: A study from moist evergreen forests in Sri Lanka
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Wijewickrama, M.P.T., Karunaratne, W.A.I.P., Wijesundara, D.S.A. and Madawala, H.M.S.P. - Canine trypanosomiasis in Sri Lanka: An emerging problem reported from three distinct geographic locations.
Publication : Parasitology International
Year : 2020
Members : Dangolla, A., Wijesundara, D.L.R., Blair, D., Fernando, D.D., Wijesundera, K.K., Chathuranga, W.G.D., de Silva, W.A.P.P., Rajakaruna, R.S. - Canine trypanosomosis in Sri Lanka: An emerging problem reported from three distinct geographic locations.
Publication : Parasitology International
Year : 2020
Members : Dangolla, A., Wijesundara, D.L.R., Blair, D., Fernando, D.D., Wijesundera, K.K., Chathuranga, W.G.D. de Silva W.A.P.P. and Rajakaruna R.S. - Case Study of Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites of Semnopithecus vetulus (Purple-faced Langur) in Sri Lanka.
Publication : 7th Asian Primate Symposium, Gauhati University, Primate Research Center, India.
Year : 2020
Members : Weerasekara, W.M.L.S., Wijesooriya, W.M.K.B., Ranawana, K.B., Anupama, T., and Rajapakse, J. A. - Changes in population densities of two white-eye
species (Passeriformes: Zosteropidae) along an altitudinal gradient in Sri
Lanka.
Publication : Tropical Agricultural Research
Year : 2020
Members : Wijesundara, C. S., Yatigammana, S. K., and Silva, P. - Community perceptions and responses on bamboo spread in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka
Publication : International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
Year : 2020
Members : Wijewickrama, T., Karunaratne, I., Wijesundara, S. and Madawala, S. - Destructive predators of eggs and embryos of Polypedates cruciger Blyth, 1852 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae)
Publication : Journal of Threatened Taxa
Year : 2020
Members : Chathuranga, W.G.D., K. Kariyawasam, de Silva, A. and W.A.P.P. de Silva - Disease Risk Analysis in sea turtles: A baseline study to inform conservation efforts.
Publication : PLosOne
Year : 2020
Members : Mashkour, N., Ahasan, S., Barnes, A., Bell, I., Bowater, R., Elliman, J., Flint, M., Hamann, M., Jakob-Hoff, M., R., Jones, K., Orduna, S.K., Loganathan, A.L., Rajakaruna, R., Mark Read, M., Walker, G., Work, T., Wittaker, M., Baverstock, W., Blyde, D., Crespo-Picazo, J.L., Eghbali, M., Freggi, D., Gardner, B., Giliam, J., Hale, H., Hyland, K.P., March, D., Mobaraki, A., Mohammadi, M., Nicolle, N., Owens, L., Parga, M., Robinson, D., Saladin, C., Spiby, K., Hipolito, T.V., Wrobel, D., - Diversity of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) in Polonnaruwa Archaeological Reserve, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Journal of Threatened Taxa
Year : 2020
Members : Wijesooriya K.B., Weerasekara L.S., and Ranawana, K.B. - Enteric helminthiasis in dogs of University of Peradeniya premises: a potential public health problem.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Sepalage, C.S., Perera, P.K. and Rajakaruna, R.S. - Feeding patterns revealed host partitioning in a community of frog-biting mosquitoes
Publication : Ecological Entomology
Year : 2020
Members : De Silva, W.A.P.P., Bernal, X.E., Chathuranga, W.G.D., Herath, B.P., Ekanayake, C., Abeysundara, H.T.K. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - Feeding patterns revealed host partitioning in a community of frog-biting mosquitoes.
Publication : Journal of Ecological Entomology
Year : 2020
Members : W.A. Priyanka P. de Silva, Ximena E. Bernal, B. P. Herath, W.G. D. Chathuranga, C. Ekanayake, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne - Fisher perception and practices of sea turtle bycatch in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter
Year : 2020
Members : Rajakaruna, R.S., Pemadasa, M.G.N.M., Elepathage, M. and Abeysundara, S.P. - Gastro-intestinal helminth and protozoan infections of wild mammals in four major national parks in Sri Lanka.
Publication : Journal of Threatened Taxa
Year : 2020
Members : Sepalage, C.S. and Rajakaruna, R.S. - Helminthiasis in dogs of University of Peradeniya premises: a potential public health problem
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : C. Sarani Sepalage, Piyumali K. Perera, Rupika S. Rajakaruna - Impact of salinization and pollution of groundwater on the adaptation of
mosquito vectors in the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Surendran, S.N., Senthilnanthanan, M., Jayadas, T.T.P., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. and Ramasamy, R - Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka
Publication : Parasites & Vectors
Year : 2020
Members : Pathirage, D.R.K., Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., Senanayake, S.C. and Karunaweera, N.D. - kdr type mutations and enhanced GST based insecticide resistance in dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Publication : International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
Year : 2020
Members : Nugapola, N.W.N.P., De Silva, W.A.P.P., Weeraratne, T.C. and Karunaratne, S.H.P.P. - kdr type mutations and enhanced GST based insecticide resistance in dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Publication : International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
Year : 2020
Members : N. W. Nalaka P. Nugapola & W. A. Priyanka P. De Silva & Thilini C. Weeraratne & S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne - Predator–prey interactions and the cannibalism of larvae of Armigeres subalbatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Publication : Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Year : 2020
Members : Chathuranga, W.G.D., Karunaratnea, S.H.P.P., De Silva, W.A.P.P. - Relative attractiveness of ruderals and ornamental plants to flower-visiting insects in a tropical anthropogenic landscape
Publication : Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Year : 2020
Members : Wijesinghe, E., Minor, E.S., Karunarathne, I. and Yakandawala, K. - Species assemblages and
diversity of litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an altitudinal gradient across two
vegetation types in Hanthana Forest in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Publication : Ceylon Journal of Science
Year : 2020
Members : Karunaratne, W.A.I.P. and Karunarathna D.A.G.N.B.