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Lecturer (Probationary) in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Eastern University Sri Lanka- 
Scholarship of Savithri and Nimal Gunathilka for Excellence in Ecology Academic year 2015/2016, University of Peradeniya in 2016
University Prize for Academic Excellence, University of Peradeniya in 2016
IdeaWild [501c(3)]Natural history note
Wijesooriya, K., Weerasekara, L and Ranawana, K (2022). Agamid lizard predation by
Macaca sinica (Toque Macaque) in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Natural history note, 86(5): 463–467.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0014
Original research article
Poornima, A.M.N.S., Weerasekara, W.M.L.S., Vinobaba, M and Karunarathna, K.A.N.K (2022). Community-level awareness and perspective towards human-monkey conflict in
Polonnaruwa district, Sri Lanka. Primates . Original research article, 63: 261–270.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-022- 00985-3
Original research article
Weerasekara, L., Wijesooriya, K., Ranawana, K., Anupama, T and Rajapakse, J. (2021). 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. Original research article, 62(4): 629–635.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-021-00902-0
Original research article
Weerasekara, L.S., Wijesooriya, K.B., Ranawana, K.B and Vandercone, R.P. (2021). Survey of relative abundance of diurnal primates in the Giritale Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Asian Primates Journal, . Original research article, 9(1): 2–9.
Communication
Wijethilaka, S., Weerasekara, L.S., Bandara, S and Ranawana, K.B. (2021). 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, . Communication, 13(5): 18141–18147.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6582.13.5.18141-18147