[HTML][HTML] Demographic variables for wild Asian elephants using longitudinal observations

S de Silva, CE Webber, US Weerathunga… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Detailed demographic data on wild Asian elephants have been difficult to collect due to habitat
characteristics of much of the species’ remaining range. Such data, however, are critical …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences and emotional responses of farming communities living with Asian Elephants in Southern Sri Lanka

…, K Ruppert, J Knox, EO Davis, US Weerathunga… - Trees, Forests and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Individuals’ tolerance toward wildlife can be based on a combination of tangible benefits and
costs (eg economic gains and losses) as well as intangible benefits and costs (eg shared …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies of protected area use by Asian elephants in relation to motivational state and social affiliations

…, C Minge, TV Pushpakumara, US Weerathunga… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Animals’ space requirements may vary according to life-history and social considerations. We
observed 516 wild adult Asian elephants from both sexes, over 9 years, to investigate how …

[HTML][HTML] Morphometrics and behavior of a wild Asian elephant exhibiting disproportionate dwarfism

S de Silva, US Weerathunga, TV Pushpakumara - BMC Research Notes, 2014 - Springer
… Pathirana, and personnel of the DWC for facilitating the ongoing research project and
alerting us of sightings of M459. We also wish to thank Dr. Lim Tze Tshen for tracking down …

[HTML][HTML] EXTENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) IN AN ECOSYSTEM WITH ORGANIZED LIVESTOCK FARMING IN SRI LANKA.

…, P Wijewickrama, US Weerathunga… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intro Combating AMR is a major challenge in current era. This study aims to investigate the
distribution of AMR and the Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) among livestock, …

The future of working from home in the public sector: What does the evidence tell us?

…, A Pearce, J Connor, V Weeratunga… - Australian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic created a working from home experiment for the public sector.
This paper examines what might happen next as countries move towards a COVID‐normal …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of Changed Rainfall Patterns Due to Climate Change and Usage of Available Weather Information by Communities Who Face Human-Elephant Conflict …

…, S De Silva, US Weerathunga… - Proc. Int. Conf. Clim …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Purpose: Weather information is essential for farmers who face wild elephant conflict because,
since their farming activities and elephant encounters both are influenced by the climate …

Morphometrics of a wild Asian elephant exhibiting disproportionate dwarfism

S de Silva, US Weerathunga, TV Kumara - bioRxiv, 2013 - biorxiv.org
Dwarfism is a condition characterized by shorter stature, at times accompanied by differential
skeletal growth pro-portions relative to the species-typical physical conformation. Causes …

Strategies of Protected Area Use by an Ecosystem Engineer

…, C Minge, TV Pushpakumara, US Weerathunga… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
… This method allowed us to assign each female to one social community across the entire …
Data collection was supported by grants from the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Asian Elephant …

Two Distinct Ferritin-like Molecules in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: The Product of the bfrA Gene Is a Bacterial Ferritin (FtnA) and Not a Bacterioferritin (Bfr)

…, G Jepkorir, S Lovell, PV Nama, S Weeratunga… - Biochemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
… The absence of M 52 from the sequence of the bfrA product may render this protein
incapable of binding heme, which led us to hypothesize that the bfrA gene encodes a bacterial …