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Literature

CCR in the Newspapers

Daily Mirror
Kana Kota captured
29. June 2009

The Sunday Times
Top award for doc of the wilds
17. May 2009
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090517/Plus/sundaytimesplus_02.html

The Sunday Times
Why do elephants come back home?
5. April 2009
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090405/News/sundaytimesnews_28.html

WWF News Centre
Humans and elephants on collision course in South Asia
17. Nov. 2008
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=150564

Sunday Observer
Elephantine misconceptions. From human-elephant conflict to human-elephant coexistence
by Sajitha Prematunge
2. Nov. 2008
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/11/02/spe01.asp

The Sunday Times
Don’t make national parks ghettos for our elephants
by Jayantha Jayewardene
5. August 2007, Vol. 42, No. 10
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070805/Plus/pls12.html

Tages-Anzeiger
Hunderte Elefanten werden in Asien illegal getötet
by Daniel Bächtold
26. May 2007

Daily Mirror
Wildlife Dept. and the plight of elephants
25. May 2007

Daily Mirror
An end to the killing?
11. May 2007

Daily Mirror
Ignored Policy and Imprisoned Elephants
19. April 2007

Daily News
Major plan under way to restore Lanka's natural ecosystems
by Dayananda Kariyawasam
3. March 2005, Vol. 89, No. 53, Page 10
http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/03/03/fea01.html

Daily News
Chena and elephants; age-old co-existence
by Tharuka Dissanaike
1. Nov. 2004, Vol. 88, No. 262, Page 9
http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/11/01/fea02.html

Daily News
Homing in on elephant ranging patterns
by Tharuka Dissanaike
12. Oct. 2004, Vol. 89, No. 245, Page 7
http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/10/12/fea03.html

tv Hören und Sehen
Die Magie der weissen "Sue"
by Dorothee Teves
28. August 2004, No. 35

Daily News
White elephants and blue moons
by 'Aunt Su'
12. August 2004, Vol. 88, No. 192

The Sunday Times
BBC spotlight on Lankan wildlife
by Sanath Weerasuriya
8. August 2004, Vol. 39, No. 10, Page 8

The Sunday Times
Not yet another 'white elephant'
by Charles Santiapillai
8. August 2004, Vol. 39, No. 10, Page 13

Süddeutsche Zeitung
Ganz in Weiss. Albion-Elefant in Sri Lanka
by cst
5. August 2004, No. 179, Page 10

The New York Times
An elephant that stands out in a crowd
3. August 2004, Vol. 153, No. 52,930

The Washington Post
Biologist locate white elephant
by Juliet Eilperin
2. August 2004, Vol. 122, No. 241

The Sunday Times
Bringing a white to light
by Lakshman Ranasinghe
1. August 2004, Vol. 39, No. 9, Page 12

List of Scientific Publications on Asian Elephants

2008

 

Sunday Observer
White elephant in Yala
by Prithiviraj Fernando
25. July 2004, Vol. 88, No. 26, Page 13
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/07/25/fea10.html

Daily Mirror
Rare white elephant in Yala: Wildlife experts thrilled
24. July 2004, Vol. 6, No. 31

The Island
White elephant in Yala
by Prithiviraj Fernando
24. July 2004, Vol. 24, No. 175


Scientific Publications

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. Abstract/Downlad

Fernando P, Kumar MA, Williams AC, Wikramanayake E, Aziz T & Singh SM (2008) Review of Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation Methods Practiced in South Asia. AREAS Technical Support Document Submitted to World Bank. WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature. 46 p. Download pdf (1.7 MB)

Pastorini J, Nishantha HG, Fernando P (2007) A preliminary study on dung decay in the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Gajah 27:48-51. Download pdf (636 KB)

Fernando P (2007) Tsunami and elephant "sixth sense" in Sri Lanka. Gajah 26:3-7. Download pdf (216 KB)

Fernando P (2006) Elephant conservation in Sri Lanka: Integrating scientific information to guide policy. In: Groom MJ, Meffe GK & Carroll CR. (Eds.) Principles of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, USA. pp 649-652. Download pdf (1 MB)

Fernando P, Wikramanayake ED & Pastorini J (2006) Impact of tsunami on terrestrial ecosystems of Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Current Science 90:1531-1534. Download pdf (144 KB)

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. In: McNeely, JA, McCarthy TM, Smith A, Olsvig-Whittaker L & Wikramanayake ED (Eds.) Conservation Biology in Asia. Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section and Resources Himalaya Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal. p. 252-260. Download pdf (2 MB)

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. Abstract/Download

Wickramanayake ED, Hathurusinghe HS, Janaka HK, Jayasinghe LKA, Fernando P, Weerakoon DK & Gunawardene MD (2004) The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: lessons from mitigation, management, and conservation from traditional land-use patterns. In: Jayewardene J (Editor) Endangered Elephants: Past Present and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust. pp. 164-169.

Weerakoon DK, Gunawardene MD, Janaka HK, Jayasinghe LKA, Perera RAR, Fernando P & Wickramanayake E (2004) Ranging behaviour and habitat use of elephants in Sri Lanka. In: Jayewardene J (Editor) Endangered Elephants: Past Present and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust. pp. 68-70.

Gunawardene MD, Jayasinghe LKA, Janaka HK, Weerakoon DK, Wickramanayake E & Fernando P (2004) Social organization of elephants in Southern Sri Lanka. In: Jayewardene J (Editor) Endangered Elephants: Past Present and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust. pp. 65-67.

Fernando P, Gunawardene MD, Hathurusinghe HS, Janaka HK, Jayasinghe LKA, Perera RAR, Samansiri KPA, Sandanayake A, Weerakoon DK & Wickramanayake E (2004) Towards a rational, scientific elephant conservation and management strategy for Sri Lanka. In: Jayewardene J (Editor) Endangered Elephants: Past Present and Future. Sri Lanka, Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust. pp. 199-200. Download pdf (2.2 MB)

Fernando P, Pfrender ME, Encalada S & Lande R (2000) Mitochondrial DNA variation, phylogeography, and population structure of the Asian elephant. Heredity 84:362-372. Abstrac/Download

Fernando P & Lande R (2000) Molecular genetic and behavioral analyses of social organization in the Asian elephant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48:84-91. Abstract/Download

Fernando P (2000) Elephants in Sri Lanka: past, present, and future. Loris 22:38-44. Download pdf (52 KB)

Armbruster P, Fernando P & Lande R (1999) Time frames for population viability analysis of species with long generations: an example with Asian elephants. Animal Conservation 2:69-73. Abstract/Download

Fernando P (1997) Keeping jumbo afloat: is translocation an answer to the human-elephant conflict? Sri Lanka Nature 1:4-12.

Fernando P (1995) Implications of socio-ecology and genetics on the conservation andmanagement of the Sri Lankan elephant. In: Daniel, JC & Datye H (Eds.) A Week with Elephants. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Asian Elephants. Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University Press, Bombay. pp. 225-235.


Other Scientific Publications of CCR Scientists

Prithiviraj Fernando
Jennifer Pastorini
Eric D. Wikramanayake