2021

  • Cao, K., Condit, R., Mi, X., Chen, L., Ren, H., Xu, W., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Cai, C., Cao, M., Chang, L.-W., Chu, C., Cui, F., Du, H., Ediriweera, S., Gunatilleke, C.S.V., Gunatilleke, I.U.A.N., Hao, Z., Jin, G., Li, J., Li, B., Li, Y., Liu, Y., Ni, H., O’Brien, M.J., Qiao, X., Shen, G., Tian, S., Wang, X., Xu, H., Xu, Y., Yang, L., Yap, S.L., Lian, J., Ye, W., Yu, M., Su, S.-H., Chang-Yang, C.-H., Guo, Y., Li, X., Zeng, F., Zhu, D., Zhu, L., Sun, I.-F., Ma, K., Svenning, J.-C., 2021. Species packing and the latitudinal gradient in beta-diversity. Proc. R. Soc. B. 288, rspb.2020.3045, 20203045. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.3045
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  • Hanle, J., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Ashton, M.S., 2021. Complex small-holder agriculture in rainforest buffer zone, Sri Lanka, supports endemic birds. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9, 608434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.608434
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6_Hauling our fencing

2020

  • Ediriweera, S., Bandara, C., Woodbury, D.J., Mi, X., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Ashton, M.S., 2020. Changes in tree structure, composition, and diversity of a mixed-dipterocarp rainforest over a 40-year period. For. Ecol. Manage. 458, 117764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117764
  • Fung, T., Chisholm, R.A., Anderson‐Teixeira, K., Bourg, N., Brockelman, W.Y., Bunyavejchewin, S., Chang‐Yang, C., Chitra‐Tarak, R., Chuyong, G., Condit, R., Dattaraja, H.S., Davies, S.J., Ewango, C.E.N., Fewless, G., Fletcher, C., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Hao, Z., Hogan, J.A., Howe, R., Hsieh, C., Kenfack, D., Lin, Y., Ma, K., Makana, J., McMahon, S., McShea, W.J., Mi, X., Nathalang, A., Ong, P.S., Parker, G., Rau, E., Shue, J., Su, S., Sukumar, R., Sun, I., Suresh, H.S., Tan, S., Thomas, D., Thompson, J., Valencia, R., Vallejo, M.I., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wijekoon, P., Wolf, A., Yap, S., Zimmerman, J., 2020. Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient. Ecol. Lett. 23, 160–171. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13412

2019

  • Martin, M., Geiger, K., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Ashton, M.S., 2019. Quantitatively characterizing the floristics and structure of a traditional homegarden in a village landscape, Sri Lanka. Agroforest. Syst. 93, 1439–1454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-018-0254-2
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DSCN2710

2018

  • Ashton, M.S., Hooper, E.R., Singhakumara, B., Ediriweera, S., 2018. Regeneration recruitment and survival in an Asian tropical rain forest: Implications for sustainable management. Ecosphere. 9, e02098. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2098
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2017

  • Gunatilleke, N., Pethiyagoda, R., Gunatilleke, S., 2017. Biodiversity of Sri Lanka. J. Nat. Sci. Found. Sri Lanka 36, 25–61. https://doi.org/10.4038/jnsfsr.v36i0.8047
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2016

  • Baldeck, C.A., Kembel, S.W., Harms, K.E., Yavitt, J.B., John, R., Turner, B.L., Madawala, S., Gunatilleke, N., Gunatilleke, S., Bunyavejchewin, S., Kiratiprayoon, S., Yaacob, A., Supardi, M.N.N., Valencia, R., Navarrete, H., Davies, S.J., Chuyong, G.B., Kenfack, D., Thomas, D.W., Dalling, J.W., 2016. Phylogenetic turnover along local environmental gradients in tropical forest communities. Oecologia 182, 547–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3686-2
  • Wills, C., Harms, K.E., Wiegand, T., Punchi-Manage, R., Gilbert, G.S., Erickson, D., Kress, W.J., Hubbell, S.P., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 2016. Persistence of neighborhood demographic influences over long phylogenetic distances may help drive post-speciation adaptation in tropical forests. PLoS ONE 11, e0156913. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156913

IMG_0154

2015

  • Anderson-Teixeira, K.J., Davies, S.J., Bennett, A.C., Gonzalez-Akre, E.B., Muller-Landau, H.C., Wright, S.J., Abu Salim, K., Almeyda Zambrano, A.M., Alonso, A., Baltzer, J.L., Basset, Y., Bourg, N.A., Broadbent, E.N., Brockelman, W.Y., Bunyavejchewin, S., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Butt, N., Cao, M., Cardenas, D., Chuyong, G.B., Clay, K., Cordell, S., Dattaraja, H.S., Deng, X., Detto, M., Du, X., Duque, A., Erikson, D.L., Ewango, C.E.N., Fischer, G.A., Fletcher, C., Foster, R.B., Giardina, C.P., Gilbert, G.S., Gunatilleke, N., Gunatilleke, S., Hao, Z., Hargrove, W.W., Hart, T.B., Hau, B.C.H., He, F., Hoffman, F.M., Howe, R.W., Hubbell, S.P., Inman-Narahari, F.M., Jansen, P.A., Jiang, M., Johnson, D.J., Kanzaki, M., Kassim, A.R., Kenfack, D., Kibet, S., Kinnaird, M.F., Korte, L., Kral, K., Kumar, J., Larson, A.J., Li, Y., Li, X., Liu, S., Lum, S.K.Y., Lutz, J.A., Ma, K., Maddalena, D.M., Makana, J.-R., Malhi, Y., Marthews, T., Mat Serudin, R., McMahon, S.M., McShea, W.J., Memiaghe, H.R., Mi, X., Mizuno, T., Morecroft, M., Myers, J.A., Novotny, V., de Oliveira, A.A., Ong, P.S., Orwig, D.A., Ostertag, R., den Ouden, J., Parker, G.G., Phillips, R.P., Sack, L., Sainge, M.N., Sang, W., Sri-Ngernyuang, K., Sukumar, R., Sun, I.-F., Sungpalee, W., Suresh, H.S., Tan, S., Thomas, S.C., Thomas, D.W., Thompson, J., Turner, B.L., Uriarte, M., Valencia, R., Vallejo, M.I., Vicentini, A., Vrška, T., Wang, Xihua, Wang, Xugao, Weiblen, G., Wolf, A., Xu, H., Yap, S., Zimmerman, J., 2015. CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change. Glob. Chang. Biol. 21, 528–549. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12712
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2014

  • Chisholm, R.A., Condit, R., Rahman, K.A., Baker, P.J., Bunyavejchewin, S., Chen, Y.-Y., Chuyong, G., Dattaraja, H.S., Davies, S., Ewango, C.E.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Hubbell, S., Kenfack, D., Kiratiprayoon, S., Lin, Y., Makana, J.-R., Pongpattananurak, N., Pulla, S., Punchi-Manage, R., Sukumar, R., Su, S.-H., Sun, I.-F., Suresh, H.S., Tan, S., Thomas, D., Yap, S., 2014. Temporal variability of forest communities: Empirical estimates of population change in 4000 tree species. Ecol. Lett. 17, 855–865. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12296
  • Goodale, U.M., Berlyn, G.P., Gregoire, T.G., Tennakoon, K.U., Ashton, M.S., 2014. Differences in survival and growth among tropical rain forest pioneer tree seedlings in relation to canopy openness and herbivory. Biotropica 46, 183–193. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12088
  • Ashton, M.S., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Gamage, S., Shibayama, T., Tomimura, C., 2014. Restoration of rain forest beneath pine plantations: A relay floristic model with special application to tropical South Asia. For. Ecol. Manage. 329, 351-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.043
  • Ashton, M.S., Goodale, U.M., Bawa, K.S., Ashton, P.S., Neidel, J.D., 2014. Restoring working forests in human dominated landscapes of tropical South Asia: An introduction. For. Ecol. Manage. 329, 335-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.029
  • Ashton, M.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Tennakoon, K.U., Ashton, P.S., 2014. Use and cultivation of plants that yield products other than timber from South Asian tropical forests, and their potential in forest restoration. For. Ecol. Manage. 329, 360-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.030

2013

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2012

  • Meegaskumbura, M., Meegaskumbura, S., Gunatilleke, N., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Bowatte, G., Gunatilleke, T. and Bandara, C., 2012. Conservation and biogeography of threatened amphibians of eastern Sinharaja. FrogLog 100, pp.12-14.
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2011

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2009

  • Goodale, U.M., Berlyn, G.P., Gregoire, T.G., Ashton, M.S., 2009. Ecological significance of crown functional traits across size classes and disturbance environments in eight pioneer species in a Sri Lankan rain forest. J. Sustainable For. 28, 22–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549810802626126
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2008

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2007

  • Gunawardene, N.R., Daniels, A.E., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Karunakaran, P.V., Nayak, K.G., Prasad, S., Puyravaud, P., Ramesh, B.R., Subramanian, K.A., Vasanthy, G., 2007. A brief overview of the Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. Curr. Sci. 00113891, 93(11).
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2006

  • Ashton, M.S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Gamage, H.K., 2006. Interaction between light and drought affect performance of Asian tropical tree species that have differing topographic affinities. For. Ecol. Manage 221, 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.09.017
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2005

  • Chandrasekara, C.M.C.P., Weerasinghe, H.M., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Seneviratne, G., 2005. Spatial distribution of arbuscular mychorrhizas along an elevation and adaphic gradient in the forest dynamics plot at Sinharaja, Sri Lanka. Cey. J. Sci. Bio. Sci. 34, 47-67.
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2004

  • Gunatilleke, S., 2004. Ecology of Sinharaja rain forest and the forest dynamics plot in Sri Lanka’s natural world heritage site. WHT Publications (Pvt.) Ltd. Colombo.
  • Kathriarachchi, H. S., Tennakoon, K. U., Gunatilleke, C. V. S., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Ashton, P. M. S. (2004). Ecology of two selected liana species of utility value in a lowland rain forest of Sri Lanka: Implications for management. Conserv. Soc. 2(2), 273–288.
  • Gamage, H. K., Singhakumara, B. M. P., Ashton, M. S. (2004). Effects of light and fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and growth of tropical rain-forest syzygium tree seedlings. J. Trop. Ecol. 20(5), 525–534.
  • Gunatilleke, C. V. S., Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N., Ethugala, A. U. K., Weerasekara, N. S., Esufali, Shameema, Ashton, P. S., Ashton, M. S., Wijesundara, S. A. (2004). Community ecology in an everwet forest in Sri Lanka, in: Losos, E. C., Jr Leigh, E. G. (Eds.), Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Large-scale Network. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp.119-144.

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2003

  • Gamage, H.K., Ashton, M.S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., 2003. Leaf structure of Syzygium spp. (Myrtaceae) in relation to site affinity within a tropical rain forest. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 141, 365–377. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00138.x
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2001

  • Ashton, M.S., Mendelsohn, R., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Evans, A., 2001. A financial analysis of rain forest silviculture in southwestern Sri Lanka. For. Ecol. Manage. 154, 431–441. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00513-8
  • Ashton, M.S., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 2001. Restoration pathways for rain forest in southwest Sri Lanka: a review of concepts and models. For. Ecol. Manage. 154, 409–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00512-6

2000

  • Singhakumara, B.M.P., Uduporuwa, R.S.J.P., Ashton, P.M.S., 2000. Soil seed banks in relation to light and topographic position of a hill dipterocarp forest in Sri Lanka. Biotropica 32, 190–196. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00461.x
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1999

  • Stacy, E.A., Harischandran, S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1999. Reproductive ecology of Syzygium rubicundum Wight and Arn.(Myrtaceae) in selectively logged forest in Sinharaja World Heritage Site. Sri Lanka For. 23(3, 4), 18-29.

1998

  • Ashton, P.M.S., Gamage, S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1998. Using Caribbean pine to establish a mixed plantation: testing effects of pine canopy removal on plantings of rain forest tree species. For. Ecol. Manage. 106, 211–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00314-9
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1997

  • Ashton, P.M.S., Samarasinghe, S.J., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1997. Role of legumes in release of successionally arrested grasslands in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Restor. Ecol. 5, 36–43. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09704.x
  • Ashton, P.M.S., Gamage, S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1997. Restoration of a Sri Lankan Rainforest: Using caribbean pine Pinus caribaea as a nurse for establishing late-successional tree species. J. Appl. Ecol. 34, 915–925. https://doi.org/10.2307/2405282
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1996

  • Samarasinghe, S.J., Ashton, P.M.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1995. Thinning guidelines for tree species of different successional status. J. Trop. For. Sci. 8, 44–52.
  • Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Perera, G.A.D., Ashton, P.M.S., Ashton, P.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. 1996. Seedling growth of Shorea section Doona, (Dipterocarpaceae) in soils from topographically different sites of Sinharaja rain forest in Sri Lanka, in: Swaine, M. D. (Eds.), The Ecology of Tropical Forest Tree Seedling. UNESCO Parthenon Press, Paris, pp. 245-266.

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1995

  • Cohen, A.L., Singhakumara, B.M.P., Ashton, P.M.S., 1995. Releasing rain forest succession: A case study in the Dicranopteris linearis fernlands of Sri Lanka. Restor. Ecol. 3, 261–270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.1995.tb00093.x
  • Ashton, M.S., 1995. Seedling growth of co-occurring Shorea species in the simulated light environments of a rain forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 72, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(94)03452-3
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  • Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Ashton, P.M.S., 1995. Rain forest research and conservation: The Sinharaja experience in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka For. 22(1, 2), 49-60.

1994

  • Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Abeygunawardena, P., 1994. An interdisciplinary research initiative towards sustainable management of forest resources in lowland rain forests of Sri Lanka. J. Sustainable For. 1, 95–114. https://doi.org/10.1300/J091v01n04_05
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1993

  • Ashton, P.M.S., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1993. A shelterwood method of regeneration for sustained timber production in Mesua-Shorea forest of southwest Sri Lanka, in: Erdelen, W., Preu, C., Ishwaran, N., Bandara, M., (Eds.), Ecology and Landscape Management in Sri Lanka. Verlag Josef Margraf Scientific, Hamburg, pp. 255-274.
  • Ashton, P.M.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C. V. S., 1993. A case for the development and evaluation of mixed-species plantations for the wet zone of Sri Lanka, in: Erdelen, W., Preu, C., Ishwaran, N., Bandara, M., (Eds.), Ecology and Landscape Management in Sri Lanka. Verlag Josef Margraf Scientific, Hamburg, pp. 275-288
  • Gunatilleke, N.I.A.U., Gunatilleke, S.C.V., 1993. Underutilized food plants of Sinharaja rain forest, Sri Lanka, in: Hladik, C. M., Hladik, F., Hadley, M. (Eds.), Food and nutrition in the tropical forest: Biocultural interactions. Man and biosphere series Vol. 15. UNESCO Parthenon Publishing, Paris, pp 183-198.
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1991

  • De Zoysa, N.D., Ashton, P.M.S., 1991. Germination and survival of Shorea trapezifolia: Effects of dewinging, seed maturing, and different light and soil microenvironments. J. Trop. For. Sci. 4, 52–63.
  • De Zoysa, N.D., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1991. Comparative phytosociology of natural and modified rain forest sites in Sinharaja mab reserve in Sri Lanka, in: Gomez-Pompa, A., Whitmore, T. C., Hadley, M., (Eds.), Rain forest regeneration and management. UNESCO Parthenon Publishing, Carnforth, pp. 223-33.
  • Singhakumara, B. M. P., 1991. Confused botanical names: Vitex altissima L. f. or Vitex pinnata L.(Verbenaceae) in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka For. 20: 29-33
  • Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1991. Threatened woody endemics of the wet lowlands of Sri Lanka and their conservation. Biol. Conserv. 55, 17–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(91)90003-R

1990

  • Ashton, P.M.S., 1990. Method for the evaluation of advanced regeneration in forest types of south and southeast Asia. For. Ecol. Manage. 36, 163–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(90)90023-5
  • Maheswaran, J., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1990. Nitrogenase activity in soil and litter of a tropical lowland rain forest and an adjacent fernland in Sri Lanka. J. Trop. Ecol. 6, 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026646740000451X
  • Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1990. Distribution of floristic richness and its conservation in Sri Lanka. Conserv. Biol. 4, 21–31.
  • McDermott, M., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1990. Sinharaja Rain Forest: The compatibility of biological and cultural conservation. Sri Lanka For. 20, 3-28.
  • Dayanandan, S., Abeygunasekera, A.W.W.L., Attygalle, D.N.C., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1990. Phenology and floral morphology in relation to pollination of some dipterocarps, in: Bawa, K. S., Hadley, M., (Eds.), Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants. Man and the Biosphere Vol. 7. UNESCO Parthenon Publishing, Carnforth, pp. 134-151.
  • Ratnayake, P.D.K.C., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1990. Caryota urens L.(Palmae): An indigenous multiple purpose tree species in the wet lowlands of Sri Lanka, in: Taylor, D. A., Macdicken, K., (Eds.), Research on multipurpose tree species in Asia. Winrock International F/FRED, Bangkok, pp. 77-88.

1989

  • Ashton, P.M.S., De Zoysa, N.D., 1989. Performance of Shorea trapezifolia (Thwaites) Ashton seedlings growing in different light regimes. J. Trop. For. Sci. 1, 356–364.
  • De Zoysa, N.D., Gunatilake, C.V.S., Gunatilake, I.A.U.N., 1989. Secondary vegetation on and abandoned shifting cultivation site in the Sinharaja forest. Sri Lanka For. 19: 3-16.

1988

  • Maheswaran, J., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1988. Litter Decomposition in a lowland rain forest and a deforested area in Sri Lanka. Biotropica 20, 90. https://doi.org/10.2307/2388180
  • De Zoysa, N.D., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1988. Diversity of understorey vegetation in the Sinharaja rainforest. Sri Lanka For. 18(3, 4), 121-130.

1987

  • Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Ashton, P.S., 1987. New light on the plant geography of Ceylon. II. The ecological biogeography of the lowland endemic tree flora. J. Biogeogr. 14, 295. https://doi.org/10.2307/2844940
  • Ashton, P.S., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1987. New light on the plant geography of Ceylon. I. Historical plant geography. J. Biogeogr. 14, 249. https://doi.org/10.2307/2844895

1986

  • De Zoysa, N.D., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1986. Vegetation studies of a skid-trail planted with mahogany in Sinharaja. Sri Lanka For. 17(3, 4), 142-147.

1985

1984

1983

  • Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1983. A forestry case study of the Sinharaja rainforest in Sri Lanka, in: Hamilton, S. L., (Eds.), Forest and watershed development and conservation in Asia and the Pacific. Westview Press, Boulder, pp. 289-357

1981

1980

  • Gunatilleke, C.V.S., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., 1980. The floristic composition of Sinharaja–a rain forest in Sri Lanka with special reference to endemics. Sri Lanka For. 14(3, 4), 171-179.

1978

  • Gunatilleke, C.V.S., 1978. Sinharaja today. Sri Lanka For. 13, 57-61.