Publication List
ARTICLES
Subasinghe K. and Sumanapala A. P. (2014). Biological and functional diversity of bird communities in natural and human modified habitats in Northern Flank of Knuckles Mountain Forest Range, Sri Lanka. Biodiversitas. Vol: 15, Number 2. pp 200-205. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d150212. Pdf
Subasinghe, K., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerawardhena, S. R. (2014). The impact of forest conversion on bird Communities in Northern Flank of Knuckles mountain forest range, Sri Lanka, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Vol: 7 (4). 368-373. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2014.07.004. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Bedjanič, M. (2013). Rediscovery of a long lost endemic damselfly Sinhalestes orientalis (Hagen in Selys, 1862) from Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. Vol. 2 (1): 44–47. Pdf
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
De Mel, R. K., Dayananda, S. K., Sumanapala. A. P., Nanayakkara. R. P., Perera, T. and Withanage, M. (2014). A previously undescribed feature in the plumage of juvenile Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus layardi in Sri Lanka. BirdingASIA 21. 100-101. Pdf
ABSTRACTS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Sumanapala, A. P. (2015). Diversity and Habitat Occupancy of Odonata in Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka. Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 08-11 September 2015 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity, Habitat Preference and Phenology of Odonata Community in Talangama Environmental Protection Area, Sri Lanka (Work in Progress). Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 25-28 September 2014 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity of odonata in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of Papers of the Eighteenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2013. Organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. p 143. Pdf
Cabral, L. S. J., Kotagama, S. W., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerakoon, D. K. (2013). Group size and age-sex composition of Semnopithecus vetulus nestor (western purple-faced langurs) in relation to land use patterns. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Sessions: Part 1-Abstracts, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. P 85. Pdf
Deshapriya, C. I., Liyanage, I. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Career Development in a Knowledge-based Economy with special reference to the Environmental Science Sector. Proceedings of ASAIHL International Conference 2013: Student’s forum. The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Sumanapala, A. P., Dayananda, H. G. S. K., Deshapriya, C. I., Jayaratne, M. R., De Silva, D. M., Vishvanath, N. and Rajatewa, R. M. A. P. M. (2012). Biodiversity baseline survey of up country tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of papers of the Seventeenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2012. Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. 19-20 pp. Pdf
CONTRIBUTION TO BOOKS
Sumanapala, A. (2014). Dragonflies and Damselflies. In: Kotagama, S. (Ed.) A Pictorial Guide to Uda Walawe National Park. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka & Dilmah Conservation. pp. 97-106.
Sumanapala, A. P. and Deshapriya, C. I. (2013). Prarambhaya: Sri Lankawe Jaiwa Vividathwaya [=Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: An Introduction]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 1-10. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Bathkurange Vividathwaya [=Diversity of odonata in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 37-40. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Ubhaya Jeewinge Vividathwaya [=Diversity of amphibians in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 65-68. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Uragayange Vividathwaya [=Diversity of reptiles in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 69-72. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Pakshinge Vividathwaya [=Diversity of avifauna in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 73-76. Pdf
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Dragonflies of Sri Lanka: An Introduction to Diversity, Distribution and Conservation. Presentation delivered at the meeting of Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. November, 2014.
POPULAR ARTICLES
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). National Red List 2012 and the Current Status of Sri Lankan Fauna and Flora. Cyanosure 2013. Environmental Conservation and Management Society, University of Kelaniya.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). Odonata: A Brief Introduction to their Morphology. Newsletter of the Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. (In Press).
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Sumanapala, A. P. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Tea Services PLC, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Subasinghe K. and Sumanapala A. P. (2014). Biological and functional diversity of bird communities in natural and human modified habitats in Northern Flank of Knuckles Mountain Forest Range, Sri Lanka. Biodiversitas. Vol: 15, Number 2. pp 200-205. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d150212. Pdf
Subasinghe, K., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerawardhena, S. R. (2014). The impact of forest conversion on bird Communities in Northern Flank of Knuckles mountain forest range, Sri Lanka, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Vol: 7 (4). 368-373. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2014.07.004. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. and Bedjanič, M. (2013). Rediscovery of a long lost endemic damselfly Sinhalestes orientalis (Hagen in Selys, 1862) from Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. Vol. 2 (1): 44–47. Pdf
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
De Mel, R. K., Dayananda, S. K., Sumanapala. A. P., Nanayakkara. R. P., Perera, T. and Withanage, M. (2014). A previously undescribed feature in the plumage of juvenile Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus layardi in Sri Lanka. BirdingASIA 21. 100-101. Pdf
ABSTRACTS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Sumanapala, A. P. (2015). Diversity and Habitat Occupancy of Odonata in Sinharaja Man and Biosphere Reserve, Sri Lanka. Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 08-11 September 2015 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity, Habitat Preference and Phenology of Odonata Community in Talangama Environmental Protection Area, Sri Lanka (Work in Progress). Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bangaluru, on 25-28 September 2014 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, India.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Diversity of odonata in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of Papers of the Eighteenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2013. Organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. p 143. Pdf
Cabral, L. S. J., Kotagama, S. W., Sumanapala, A. P. and Weerakoon, D. K. (2013). Group size and age-sex composition of Semnopithecus vetulus nestor (western purple-faced langurs) in relation to land use patterns. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Sessions: Part 1-Abstracts, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. P 85. Pdf
Deshapriya, C. I., Liyanage, I. S. and Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Career Development in a Knowledge-based Economy with special reference to the Environmental Science Sector. Proceedings of ASAIHL International Conference 2013: Student’s forum. The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Sumanapala, A. P., Dayananda, H. G. S. K., Deshapriya, C. I., Jayaratne, M. R., De Silva, D. M., Vishvanath, N. and Rajatewa, R. M. A. P. M. (2012). Biodiversity baseline survey of up country tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. Proceedings Part 1: Abstract of papers of the Seventeenth International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2012. Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. 19-20 pp. Pdf
CONTRIBUTION TO BOOKS
Sumanapala, A. (2014). Dragonflies and Damselflies. In: Kotagama, S. (Ed.) A Pictorial Guide to Uda Walawe National Park. Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka & Dilmah Conservation. pp. 97-106.
Sumanapala, A. P. and Deshapriya, C. I. (2013). Prarambhaya: Sri Lankawe Jaiwa Vividathwaya [=Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: An Introduction]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 1-10. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Bathkurange Vividathwaya [=Diversity of odonata in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 37-40. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Ubhaya Jeewinge Vividathwaya [=Diversity of amphibians in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 65-68. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Uragayange Vividathwaya [=Diversity of reptiles in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 69-72. Pdf
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). Sri Lankawe Pakshinge Vividathwaya [=Diversity of avifauna in Sri Lanka]. In: Jaiwa Vividathwaye Sri Lankeeya Urumaya [=Biological Heritage of Sri Lanka]. Amarasekara, H., Weerakoon, D. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka. pp 73-76. Pdf
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Sumanapala, A. P. (2014). Dragonflies of Sri Lanka: An Introduction to Diversity, Distribution and Conservation. Presentation delivered at the meeting of Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. November, 2014.
POPULAR ARTICLES
Sumanapala, A. P. (2013). National Red List 2012 and the Current Status of Sri Lankan Fauna and Flora. Cyanosure 2013. Environmental Conservation and Management Society, University of Kelaniya.
Sumanapala, A. P. (2016). Odonata: A Brief Introduction to their Morphology. Newsletter of the Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. (In Press).
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Sumanapala, A. P. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Tea Services PLC, Colombo, Sri Lanka.