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Devaka Keerthi Weerakoon

University of ColomboORCID 0000-0002-3473-4972Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Ecology· 1

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Anastasia Madsen· 1 shared Christopher A. SearcyiD· 1 shared Dishane K. HewavithanaiD· 1 shared Mayuri R. WijesingheiD· 1 shared Shermin de SilvaiD· 1 shared T. V. Pushpakumara· 1 shared U. Sameera Weerathunga· 1 shared

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Increased Demographic Turnover and Isolation Precede Social Fragmentation in Asian Elephants

Anastasia Madsen, T. V. Pushpakumara, U. Sameera Weerathunga, Devaka Keerthi Weerakoon, Shermin de Silva

The paper tracks social network dynamics in Asian elephants over 12 years, finding that demographic turnover and isolation lead to social fragmentation.

bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Linear infrastructure drives biotic homogenization among bird species of a tropical dry forest

Dishane K. Hewavithana, Devaka Keerthi Weerakoon, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe, Christopher A. Searcy

The paper examines the impact of different linear infrastructures on bird communities in a tropical dry forest, finding that they reduce species richness and abundance and alter community composition.

PLoS ONE · Apr 16, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology