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Education:
University of Missouri, Columbia		B.A. with honors in Anthropology December 1993
Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg		Certificat de Primatologie Européen March 1994
Washington University, St. Louis		A.M. in Biological Anthropology May 1997
Washington University, St. Louis		D.Phil. in Biological Anthropology May 2000

Current Position
Oxford Brookes University		Reader in Anthropology, course tutor for MSc in Primate Conservation
University of Oxford, 2001-current		‘Visiting Scholar’ in Human Evolution and Animal Behaviour (Honours Schools of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Human Sciences)

2008. Costa Rica. Occupancy model study of the kinkajou, Potos flavus, at La Suerte Biological Research Station.

2008. Cambodia. Radio tracking study of Nycticebus pygmaeus with Carly Starr; study of Nycticebus taxonomy in trade.

2007. Thailand. Survey of Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis at Loam Changwat sub-station, Chachoengsao Province with Manoon Pliwsungnoen.

2007. Sumatra, Indonesia. Nocturnal mammal consultant in Ulu Masen Ecosystem, Aceh, Sumatra – assessment of slow loris, small carnivores, deer, and flying squirrels

2006. Singapore. Survey of slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang) and colugos (Cynocephalus variegatus) and continuing research on slow loris taxonomy with Dr Myron Shekelle.

2006. Kenya. Survey of pottos (Perodicticus potto) in Kakamega National Park with Dr Elizabeth Pimley.

2006. Java, Indonesia. Exploration of three forest patches in Java, Indonesia, to assess suitable land for a slow loris and macaque rescue and rehabilitation centre; morphological study of slow lorises from the trade.

2005-2007. U.K. Genetic and phylogenetic analysis of Sri Lankan slender loris taxa in collaboration with Prof Mike Bruford and Dr Amy Roeder, University of Cardiff.

2004-2006. Sri Lanka. Radio-tracking study of the red slender loris (L. tardigradus tardigradus) in the fragmented Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka with PhD student Lilia Bernede.

2001-2008. Sri Lanka. Status survey and behavioural study of primates (Trachypithecus, Macaca, Loris), giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura), small carnivores (Felis chaus,Prionailurus viverrinus, P. rubignosa, Vivericula indica mayori, Paradoxurus h. hermaphroditus, P. zeylonensis) spotted mouse deer (Tragulus meminna) in relation to habitat and microhabitat availability, with a conservation education programme.

Dec. 2003; May 2008. Costa Rica. Formulated and taught a three-work course on mammal field methods at the Biological Research Station of La Suerte (Cebus capucinus, Ateles geoffroyi, Alouatta palliata; nocturnal carnivores and marsupials).

Jul-Sep 2003. Sri Lanka. Survey of small mammals in Pitigala; and survey of the primates of Mannar.

2001. Sri Lanka. Status survey and preliminary observations of three taxa of slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus, L. lydekkerianus nordicus, and L. l. grandis).

1998. India. 11 month socioecological study of Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, South India.

1997. India. 4 month survey assessing presence of the slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus, in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, South India.

1996. St. Louis Zoological Gardens. Study of mixed species exhibit of saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia) and saddle back tamarins(Saguinus fuscicollis), with analysis on the quality of captive saki diets.

1996. St. Louis Zoological Gardens, 5 month internship in Primate House - keeper duties with several species of non-human primates.

1995. Tyson Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri. Nine month study of habitat use of the southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans.

1994. Trinidad. Population assessment of several species of sympatric bats, including fishing bats (Noctillio leporinus), nectar bats (Glosophaga soricina), white winged vampire bats (Diaemos youngi), and spear-nosed bats (Phillostomus discolor).

1994. Senegal. Population assessment and breeding study of fruit bats: straw coloured (Eidolon helvum), Gambian epaulet (Epomophorus gambianus), dwarf epaulet (Micropterus pusillis), hammer head (Hypsignathus monstrosus).

1994.Uinta Basin, Utah. Field assistant with Washington University Paleontology. Collection of Eocene fossils with an emphasis on small mammals.

1993. Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, Chicago, IL. Captive study of the behaviour of two subspecies of ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata variegata and V. v. rubra.

2000: PhD Dissertation: The Socioecology of the Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus) in South India.University Microfilms, Michigan. DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL. A61(5).

Thesis committee members: DT Rasmussen, RW Sussman, Jane Phillips-Conroy, RJ Smith, SK Bearder, J Lossos

1993: B.A. Honours Thesis Research.“Pair-bonding Behaviours and Male Dominance Hierarchies in Two Subspecies of Ruffed Lemurs, Varecia variegata variegata and V.v. rubra.”
Thesis committee members: Carol Ward and R. Benfer

A. Peer-Reviewed Publications

1) Thorn JS, Nijman V, Smith D, Nekaris KAI (2008). Ecological niche modelling as a technique for assessing threats and setting conservation priorities for Asian slow lorises (Primates: Nycticebus). Diversity and Distributions. Online first, pp: 1-10. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00535x

2) Nekaris KAI, Blackham G, Nijman V (2008). Conservation implications of low encounter rates of five nocturnal primate species (Nycticebus spp.) in Asia. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17(4): 733-747.

3) Nekaris KAI and Nijman V (2008) Attention for Sri Lankan monkey paints a bleak picture yet gives a glimmer of hope. Oryx. 42(4): 487-488.

4) Aldrich BC, Molleson L, Nekaris KAI (2008). Vocalisations as a conservation tool: an auditory survey of the Andean titi monkey Callicebus oenanthe Thomas, 1924 (Mammalia: Primates: Cebidae) at Tarangue, Northern Peru. Contributions to Zoology 77(1):1-6.

5) Collins R, Nekaris KAI. (2008). Release of greater slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang), confiscated from the pet trade, to Batutegi Protected Forest, Sumatra, Indonesia. IUCN Global Re-introduction Perspectives: re-introduction case studies from around the globe. Ed. P.S. Soorae. IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group: Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 192-195.

6) De Jong Y, Butynski T, and Nekaris KAI (2008). Survey of patas monkey in Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 97(1):83-102.

7) Eschmann C, Moore R, Nekaris KAI (2008). Calling patterns of Western purple-faced langurs (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidea: Trachypithecus vetulus nestor) in a severely degraded human landscape in Sri Lanka. Contributions to Zoology 77(2):57-65.

8) Parker L, Nijman, V, Nekaris KAI (2008). When there is no forest left: fragmentation, local extinction, and small population sizes in the Sri Lankan western purple-faced langur. Endangered Species Research. 5:29-36.

9) Nekaris KAI, Bearder SK. 2007. The strepsirrhine primates of Asia and Mainland Africa: diversity shrouded in darkness. Pp 24-45 in Campbell C, Fuentes A, MacKinnon K, Panger M, Bearder SK, editors. Primates in Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

10) Nekaris, KAI and Gursky, SG. (2007). Theoretical perspectives of primate anti-predator behaviour. In (Gursky SG and Nekaris KAI, eds). Primates and Their Predators. Springer Press: New York, pp. VI-XIII.

11) Nekaris, KAI and Jaffe, S. (2007). Unexpected diversity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) within the Javan pet trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy. Contributions to Zoology 76(3):187-196.

12) Nekaris KAI and Nijman V. (2007). CITES proposal highlights rarity of Asian nocturnal primates (Lorisidae: Nycticebus). Folia Primatologica 78(4):211-214.

13) Nekaris KAI, Perera VBP. (2007). Primates in peril: the world’s top 25 most endangered primates 2006-2008 -- Horton Plains slender loris, Ceylon mountain slender loris. Primate Conservation 22:12-13.

14) Nekaris KAI, Pimley ER and Ablard K. (2007). Anti-predator behaviour of lorises and pottos. In (eds. Gursky SG and Nekaris KAI). Primates and Their Predators. Springer Press: New York. Pp. 220-238.

15) Nekaris KAI and Stephens NJ (2007). All lorises are not slow: rapid arboreal locomotion in the newly recognised red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) of southwestern Sri Lanka. American Journal of Primatology 69:112-120.

16) Nekaris, KAI (2006). The social lives of Mysore slender lorises. American Journal of Primatology 68:1-12.

17) Nekaris, KAI (2006). Primates in peril: the world’s top 25 most endangered primates, 2004-2006: Horton Plains slender loris. Primate Conservation 20:10-11.

18) Bearder SK, Nekaris KAI & Curtis D (2006). A re-evaluation of the role of vision for the activity rhythms of nocturnal primates, Folia Primatologica 77(1-2):50-71.

19) Buckley C, Nekaris KAI and Husson S. (2006) Survey of Hylobates albibarbis in peat swamp, Central Kalimantan, Borneo. Primates 47(4):327-335.

20) Nekaris KAI. (2005). Foraging behaviour of the slender loris: implications for theories of primate origins. Journal of Human Evolution 49:289-300.

21) Nekaris KAI, Liyanage WKDD and Gamage S (2005). Relationship between forest structure and floristic composition and population density of the Southwestern Ceylon slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in Masmullah Forest, Sri Lanka. Mammalia 69(2):1-10.

22) Schulze H, Ramanathan A, Fitch-Snyder H, Nekaris KAI, Singh M, and Kaumanns W (2005). Care of rescued South Indian lorises with guidelines for hand-rearing infants. Pp. 104-118 in: Menon, V., Ashraf, N. V. K.; Panda, P.; Mainkar, K. (eds): Back to the Wild: Studies in Wildlife Rehabilitation. New Delhi: Wildlife Trust of India.

23) Nekaris KAI & Jayewardene J (2004). Distribution of slender lorises in four ecological zones in Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoology 262:1-12.

24) Nekaris KAI (2003). Observations on mating, birthing and parental care in three taxa of slender loris in India and Sri Lanka (Loris tardigradus and Loris lydekkerianus). Folia Primatologica, supp. (eds. S. Gursky and KAI Nekaris) 74:312-336.

25) Nekaris KAI (2003). Spacing system of the Mysore slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 121:86-96.

26) Nekaris KAI (2003). Rediscovery of the slender loris in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka. Asian Primates 8(03):1-7.

27) Nekaris KAI (2003). Notes on the distribution and behaviour of three small wild cats in Sri Lanka. Cat News – Journal of the IUCN Cats Specialist Group 38:30-31.

28) Gursky SG and Nekaris KAI (2003). Patterns of mating, birthing and rearing in nocturnal prosimians: an historical perspective. Folia Primatologica Supp. 74:241-245.

29) Nekaris KAI and Jayewardene J (2003). Pilot study and conservation status of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus and Loris lydekkerianus) in Sri Lanka. Primate Conservation 19: 83-90.

30) Nekaris, KAI and Rasmussen DT (2003). Diet of the slender loris. International Journal of Primatology 24(1):33-46.

31) Bearder SK, Nekaris KAI and Lloyd J (2003). Tips from the bush. In (D. Curtis and J. Setchell, eds.): Handbook of Primate Field Methods. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 309-323.

32) Nekaris KAI (2002). Refuting the myth of the Ceylon sloth: the slender lorises of Sri Lanka. Loris: Journal of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka. 23(1-2): 20-26.

33) Nekaris KAI (2002). Slender in the night. Natural History. 2(02): 54-59.

34) Bearder SK, Nekaris KAI and Buzzell CA (2002). Dangers in the night: are some nocturnal primates afraid of the dark? In (L Miller, ed.): Eat or Be Eaten: Predator Sensitive Foraging in Primates, Cambridge University Press. Pp. 21-40.

35) Nekaris KAI (2001). Activity budget and positional behaviour of the Mysore slender loris: implications for slow climbing locomotion. Folia Primatologica. 72: 228-241.

36) Rasmussen DT and Nekaris KAI (1998). The evolutionary history of the lorisiform primates. Folia Primatologica. 69 (sup. 1): 250-287.

B. Manuscripts and Volumes in Review

Nekaris KAI, Jaffe S, Donati G. (In review) The influence of microhabitat variables on the density of red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in Southwestern Sri Lanka. In (Masters J, Genin F, Crompton R): Leaping Ahead, Springer: New York.

Nekaris KAI, Collins RL, Navarro-Montes, A. (In review) Comparative ecology of exudate feeding by Asian slow lorises (Nycticebus). In (Burrows A and Nash L, eds) The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates. Springer: New York.

Nekaris KAI and Munds R. (In review) Unmasking diversity: the slow lorises (Primates: Lorisidae: Nycticebus) of

Indonesia

. In (Gursky S and Supriatna J, eds) The Primates of Indonesia. Springer: New York.

Nijman V, Parker L, and Nekaris KAI. (In review) Changes in levels of tolerance towards commensal primates in relation to deforestation in

Sri Lanka

. Submitted to Environmental Management

Ablard K and Nekaris KAI (In review). Naturalizing the captive environment of slender lorises

(Loris lydekkerianus nordicus) via olfactory enrichment. American Journal of Primatology.

Baxter A, Eschmann C, Douglas PH, Nekaris KAI (In review). Loud calls distinguish purple-faced langur taxa. Folia Primatologica.

Bernede L, Gunawardene A, Bearder SK, Nekaris KAI. (In review) Habitat selectivity of the red slender loris at Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve,

Sri Lanka

. In (Masters J, Genin F, Crompton R): Leaping Ahead, Springer: New York.

Bernede L, Gunawardene A, Bearder SK, Davies R, Nekaris KAI (In review). Vocal behaviour of the red slender loris at Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve,

Sri Lanka

. In (Masters J, Genin F, Crompton R): Leaping Ahead, Springer: New York.

Streicher U, Collins R, Navarro-Montes A, Nekaris KAI. (In review). Observations on the feeding preferences of slow lorises (N. pygmaeus, N. javanicus, N. coucang) confiscated from the trade. In (Masters J, Genin F, Crompton R): Leaping Ahead, Springer: New York.

Svensson MS, Samudio R, Bearder SK, Nijman V, Nekaris KAI. (In review) High densities of Aotus zonalis in disturbed forests in

Panama

. American Journal of Primatology

Nekaris KAI and de Silva Gehan (2008).The Primates of Sri Lanka.Jetwing Eco Holidays,Colombo. 152 pages. ISBN 978-955-1079-16-1.

Richardson, M., Goodman, S., Konstant, W., Masters, J., Nekaris, A., Roos, C. and Shekelle, M (2008) "Living Primates of the World vol. 1: Galagos, Lorises, Lemurs and Tarsiers" Series Editors: Mittermeier, R., Nash, S., Richardson, M., and Rylands, A. Washington, D.C.

Gursky SG and Nekaris KAI. (2007) Primates and Their Predators. Springer Press, New York, pp. 379. Edited volume with 17 original contributions.

Dittus, W., Molur, S. and Nekaris, A. 2008. Trachypithecus vetulus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2008.

Nekaris, A. 2008. Loris tardigradus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2008.

Nekaris, A. and Shekelle, M. 2008. Nycticebus javanicus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2008.

Nekaris, A. and Streicher, U. 2008. Nycticebus coucang. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2008.

Nekaris, A. and Streicher, U. 2008. Nycticebus menagensis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2008.

Streicher, U., Ngoc Thanh,V., Nadler,T., Timmins, R.J. and Nekaris, A. 2008. Nycticebus pygmaeus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2008.

Nekaris, A., Singh, M. and Kumar Chhangani, A. 2008. Loris lydekkerianus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2008.

Nekaris KAI (with L Bernede, S Gamage, A Gunawardene, J Jayewardene, V Perera, H Schulze) (In press). Conservation International Guide to the Mammals of South Asia: Sri Lankan lorises, Southern purple-faced leaf monkey and Bengal slow loris.IUCN Press.

Nekaris KAI, Schulze H, Bernede L (In press). Red slender loris, Loris tardigradus. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Nekaris, KAI, Schulze H, Kar Gupta K, Kumara H. (In press). Indian grey slender lorises: Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus, Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Nekaris KAI, Perera VBP, Schulze H. (In press). Northern Ceylon grey slender loris Loris lydekkerianus nordicus. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Nekaris KAI, Schulze H. (In press).

Ceylon

highland grey slender loris Loris lydekkerianus grandis. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Nekaris, KAI, Gamage SN, Schulze H. (In press). Horton Plains red slender loris Loris tardigradus nycticeboides. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Nekaris KAI, Jaffe S, Schulze H (In press). Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus, Bornean slow loris Nycticebus menagensis and Sumatran slow loris Nycticebus coucang hilleri. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Jaffe S, Nekaris KAI, Fitch-Snyder H, Schulze H (In press). Greater slow loris Nycticebus coucang. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Fitch-Snyder H, Streicher U, Starr C, Jaffe S, Nekaris KAI (In press). Pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Fitch-Snyder H, Streicher U, Starr C, Pliosongoen M, Jaffe S, Nekaris KAI (In press). Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York.

Non-peer reviewed Popular Articles

Nekaris KAI. 2007. Social bonds. BBC Wildlife. April, p. 49.

Nekaris KAI. 2002. Nytt ljus över spökdjuret: det outtröttliga spöket. Illustreret Videnskap. No. 3: 32-35. Swedish, Translated by Lars Thomas.

Nekaris KAI. 2002.Pieknosc nocy. Viva! 18(146): 98-102. Polish, translated by Marzenna Nowakowska.

Nekaris KAI. 2002. Slender Loris: Forest Spooks; sorting fact from fiction about

India

’s “evil eye”. Greek translation in Eleftherotypia. 110: 21-25.

Nekaris KAI. 2001.Slender Loris: Forest Spooks; sorting fact from fiction about

India

’s “evil eye”. July, vol. 19(7): 46-53. BBC Wildlife.

Published Conservation and Research Reports

Nekaris KAI 2004. Slender loris contribution. IUCN Global Species Assessment.IUCN World Conservation Union Publishing. p. 65.

Nekaris KAI 2004. Faunal survey of a regenerating lowland rainforest in southwestern

Sri Lanka

, focusing on the slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) including environmental education. American Society of Primatology Bulletin. 28(2): 6-7

Nekaris KAI. 2004. Conserving

Sri Lanka

’s Slender Loris. Mammals U.K.Winter Issue: 4.

Nekaris KAI. 2002. Slender Loris: uncovering the facts of another of

Sri Lanka

’s gems. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 2001 Conservation Report. Pp. 26-28.

Book Reviews

Nekaris KAI (2006). “Shaping Primate Evolution” edited by F Anapol, R German, N Jablonksi, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ Press, 2004. [Book review]. Journal of Biosocial Science. 38:713-714.

Nekaris KAI (2004). "Primate Life Histories and Socioecology," edited by PM Kappeler, et al. Chicago,Univ Chicago Press, 2003, 420 pp. [Book review] Folia Primatologica. 75(3): 165-166

Conference/ Invited Presentations and Published Abstracts

2008: Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting, Measuring and Mitigating Trade in Primates Co-organiser (with G. Donati, V Nijman, J Wright). Zoological Society of London, 3 December.

1) 2009. Nekaris KAI. Comparative ecology of exudate feeding by Asian lorises (Loris, Nycticebus). American Assoc. Phys Anthropology, Chicago.

2) 2009. Baxter A, Douglas PH, Eschmann C, Nekaris KAI. Loud calls as a taxonomic tool for determining subspecies of Sri Lankan purple-faced langurs. American Assoc. Phys Anthropology, Chicago.

3) 2009. Schein L, Nekaris KAI, Bearder SK. Conservation status and abundance of Nigerian nocturnal primates (Galagoides, Euoticus, Arctocebus) using Distance sampling. American Assoc. Phys Anthropology, Chicago.

4) 2009. Nijman V, Nekaris KAI. Variation in group sizes in relation to environmental variation in grizzled leaf monkeys (Presbytis comata). American Assoc. Phys Anthropology, Chicago.

5) 2009. Schein L, Nekaris KAI, Bearder SK. Abundance estimates on the esoteric angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis), in the Rhoko forest, Cross River State, Nigeria. Midwest Primate Interest Group.

6) 2008. Navarro-Montes A and Nekaris KAI. Trade in Nycticebus Past and Present: An Assessment of Southeast Asian Markets and Internet Websites. Winter Meeting Primate Society of Great Britain.

7) 2008. Parish T and Nekaris KAI. Identifying the CITES Appendix I-listed slow loris: a training programme for enforcement officials and rescue centres in Southeast Asia Winter Meeting Primate Society of Great Britain.

8) 2008. Baxter A, Eschmann C, Douglas PH, Nekaris KAI. Loud calls as a tool in identifying the purple-faced langur (Trachypithecus vetulus) subspecies of Sri Lanka. Winter Meeting Primate Society of Great Britain.

9) 2008. Moore RS, Eschmann C, Nekaris KAI. Microhabitat variables influencing home range use in two troops of Western purple-faced langurs (Trachypithecus vetulus nestor) in Talangama, Sri Lanka. Winter Meeting Primate Society of Great Britain.

10) 2008. Perera BVP, Nekaris KAI. Analysis of Deaths of Grey Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus nordicus) by Electrocution on Power Lines in Sri Lanka. Winter Meeting Primate Society of Great Britain.

11) 2008. Nekaris KAI, Douglas PH, Gamage SN, Moore R, Gunawardene A, Donati G. What ecological variables predict primate presence (Macaca, Trachypithecus, Loris) in Sri Lanka’s lowland rainforests? International Primatological Society Meeting, Scotland. (Invited speaker)

14) 2008. Collins R, Nekaris KAI. Gouging behaviour of wild-caught Sumatran greater slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang) in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. International Primatological Society Meeting, Scotland.

15) 2008. Starr CR, Streicher U, Nekaris KAI. The distribution and conservation of the pygmy loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) in Eastern Cambodia. International Primatological Society Meeting, Scotland.

41) 2006. Nekaris KAI, Pimley ER, and Ablard KM. Redefining the role of crypsis in predator defense by slender lorises and pottos. International Journal of Primatology, 27(1):13.

42) 2006. Geens I, Nekaris KAI, and Feistner ATC. Increasing capacity for primate conservation: an example of a contribution from non-habitat countries – Primate Conservation at Oxford Brookes University. International Journal of Primatology, 27(1):334.

44) 2006. Stevens NJ, Ratsimbazafy JH, and Nekaris KAI. Keeping the balance: use of kinematic techniques in the natural setting to examine strepsirrhine arboreality. International Journal of Primatology, 27(1):323.

45) 2005. Morales-Jimenez AL, Nekaris KAI, Lee J, and Thompson S. Modelling distributions for Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles ssp.) to find priorities for conservation. American Journal of Primatology. 66(1):131.

46) 2005. Nekaris KAI and Stevens N. All lorises are not slow: rapid arboreal locomotion in the newly recognised red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) of southwestern Sri Lanka. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp 40, 156.

47) 2005. Miehs A and Nekaris KAI. A comparison of the captive behaviour and exhibit use of the Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) and pygmy loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) at London Zoo. Proceedings from the Australasian Primate Society 23rd Annual Conference. South Australian Museum, Adelaide.

48) 2004. Nekaris KAI and Schulze H. Historical and recent developments of human-loris interactions in south and Southeast Asia. Invited lecture for PSGB Winter meeting, London. Primate Eye 84:17-18

49) 2004. Morales-Jimenez AL, Nekaris KAI, Lee J, and Thompson S. Modelling distributions for Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles ssp.) to find priorities for conservation. Primate Eye 84:22-23.

50) 2004. Miller R and Nekaris KAI. Comparison of macaque human interactions at two different tourist sites – Rock of Gibraltar (Macaca sylvanus) and Alagar Temple India (Macaca radiata). Primate Eye 84:21-22

51) 2004. Bernede L and Nekaris KAI. Population densities of primates in a regenerating rainforest in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Folia Primatologica. 75: 235-236

52) 2004. Nekaris KAI, Troni P, and Liyanage WKDD. Conserving Sri Lanka's rain forests via conservation education in Bangamukanda, Galle District. Folia Primatologica. 75: 399

53) 2004. Bearder SK and Nekaris KAI. Inter-specific variation in the degree of fission-fusion in nocturnal strepsirrhines: similarities with other primates. Folia Primatologica. 75: 141-142

54) 2004. Nekaris KAI, Bearder SK, and Curtis DC. A re-evaluation of the role of moonlight on the activity rhythms of nocturnal primates. Folia Primatologica. 75: 64-65

55) 2004. Vandercone R , Santiapillai C and Nekaris KAI. Aspects of the population structure of the dusky toque macaque (Macaca sinica aurifrons) in the Udwattakelle Sanctuary, Sri Lanka. Folia Primatologica. 75: 422.

56) 2004. Nekaris KAI and Bernede L. Recommendations for the captive management of slender lorises based on long-term study in the wild. Spring Meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain

57) 2004. Liyanage W, Gamage S, and Nekaris KAI. A preliminary study for evaluation of the current situation of a disturbed forest at Masmulla Proposed Forest Reserve, Matara District, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

58) 2003. Chair: Primate Behavior and Ecology Oral Session. American Assoc. of Physical Anthropology Meetings.

59) 2003. Nekaris KAI. Taxonomic diversity in the slender lorises of Sri Lanka. Presentation at the American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings, Tempe AZ.

60) 2003. Webber C and Nekaris KAI. Survey of primates and other mammals in markets of Indonesia, with an analysis of conditions and health of the animals. Primate Eye. 80:26; Folia Primatologica. 2004. 75(1):60

61) 2002. Symposium Organizer: Patterns of mating, rearing and parental care in nocturnal prosimians. At International Primate Society Meetings, Beijing China. With Sharon Gursky. Edited volume of Folia Primatologica.

62) 2002. Nekaris KAI. Paternal care in three subspecies of slender loris, Caring for Primates. Abstracts of the XIXth Congress. International Primatological Society. Beijing: Mammalogical Society of China. 2002. Pgs: 31.

63) 2002. Nekaris KAI and Jayewardene J. Status survey and pilot study of the slender loris in Sri Lanka. Caring for Primates. Abstracts of the XIXth Congress. The International Primatological Society. Beijing: Mammalogical Society of China. 2002. Pgs: 340.

64) 2002. Gursky S and Nekaris KAI. The mating, birthing and parental care strategies of nocturnal prosimians. Caring for Primates. Abstracts of the XIXth Congress. The International Primatological Society. Beijing: Mammalogical Society of China. 2002. Pgs: 26

65) 2002. Nekaris KAI. More evidence for visual predation in the slender loris. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 33:117. Also presented at 2002 Winter meeting of Primate Society of Great Britain., published in Primate Eye. 2003. 79. Pgs: 5-6

66) 2002. Crozier C, Nekaris KAI and Schulze H. Reaction to novel objects in the slender loris (Loris tardigradus nordicus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 33:58.

67) 2002. Schulze H, Nekaris KAI, Fitch-Snyder H, Plesker R, Streicher U, Groves C, and Vornefield B. A conservation database for lorises and pottos. PSGB Spring Meeting. Primate Eye, 77:16-17.

68) 2001. Chair: Primate Behavior and Ecology Poster Session. American Assoc. of Physical Anthropology Meetings.

69) 2001. Nekaris KAI and Rasmussen DT. The bug-eyed slender loris: insect predation and its implications for primate origins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 32:112.

70) 2001. Bearder SK, Nekaris KAI, and Buzzell CA. Dangers in the night: are some nocturnal primates afraid of the dark? International Primatological Society Meeting, Adelaide, Australia.

71) 2000. Nekaris KAI. The spacing system of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus) and its implications for slender loris social organization. American Journal of Primatology Supp. 51:77.

72) 2000. Nekaris KAI and Buzzell CA. How cryptic is the slender loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus)? American Journal of Primatology Supp. 51:76-77.

73) 2000. Nekaris KAI. The activity budget of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus) in Dindigul, South India. American journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 30:235-236.

74) 1999. Nekaris KAI. The diet of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus) in Dindigul, South India. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 28:209.

75) 1997. Nekaris KAI. A preliminary survey of the slender loris (Loris tardigradus) in South India. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supp. 24: 176-177.

Invited Seminars

February 2009.Tokyo, Japan, Japan Wildlife Nature Society and CITES: The journey to CITES I: can slow lorises survive the international trade? Invited workshop and seminar.

December 2008.Searching for the yeti – could the abominable snowman really be out there? Science Oxford.

August 2008.Bristol Zoological Gardens Seminar Series.Behaviour and ecology of Asian lorises: implications for captive management.

November 2007. Oxford.St John’sCollege Women’s Group, University of Oxford. The role of women in primatology.

August 2007. Thailand. Wildlife and Plant Conservation of Thailand, Care for the Wild, and King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi(KMUTT)- Bangkuntien Campus. Keynote Speaker for the workshop Slow loris conservation through enforcement.

July 2007. The Netherlands. Invited seminar to NaturalisMuseum, Leiden. Testing the impact of the phylogenetic species concept on nocturnal primate taxonomy: a slow loris case study.

June 2007. The Netherlands. Invited seminar to the ZoologicalMuseum, Amsterdam. Unexpected diversity within the Javan slow loris trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy.

May 2007. Sumatra. Flora and Fauna International, Aceh, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Conservation status of Nycticebus coucang hilleri in Ulu Masen Forest Complex, Aceh Sumatra.

September 2006. Singapore. The National University of Singapore, Department of Zoology. ‘Arboreal nocturnal mammal richness and habitat associations in Sri Lanka’s fragmented lowland rainforests.’

May 2006. Oxford, UK. Oxford University Department of Zoology. ‘A frustrating number of new primate taxa? But when are there too few? A slow loris case study.’

March 2006.Jakarta, Indonesia.University of Jakarta, Department of Zoology. ‘An action plan for the study and conservation of slow lorises in Indonesia.’

March 2006. Jakarta, Indonesia.Schmutzer Primate Centre Education Centre.‘The impacts of the pet trade for the slow lorises of Indonesia.’

April 2004. Cambridge, UK. University of Cambridge, Department of Animal Behaviour.‘Population density and effects of habitat disturbance on the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) of Sri Lanka.’

December 2003.Surrey, UK,University of Roehampton, School of Life and Sport Sciences. ‘Developing conservation strategies for the lorises of Sri Lanka and India.’

November 2003. Zürich,Switzerland.Institute of Anthropology. ‘The ecological role of the slender loris in the mammalian community of the Bangamukande Estate, Pitigala, Sri Lanka.’

October 2002.UniversityCollege, London, Department of Anthropology. ‘Sri Lanka’s hidden gem: Behavioural and ecological clues reveal taxonomic diversity within the genus Loris.’

March 2002.Faculty of Animal Science, RuhunaUniversity, Matara, Sri Lanka. ‘Population density of slender lorises in Sri Lanka.’

July 2001.RuhunaUniversity Faculty of Agriculture Bird Club, Matara, Sri Lanka. ‘An introduction to the behaviour, ecology and taxonomy of the primates, with emphasis on the primates of Sri Lanka.’

February 2001. StateUniversity of New York. Geneseo Department of Anthropology. ‘Nocturnal prosimian social organization and implications for primate evolution.’

January 2001. Department of Zoology, Southern IllinoisUniversity Colloquial Series. ‘Bugs and snails and lizard tails: the diet of the slender loris and implications for social organization.’

October 2000.OxfordBrookesUniversity, Guest lecturer, Masters Course in Primate Conservation, School of Social Sciences. Government Policies for Primate Conservation in India and Sri Lanka.

May 2000. St. Louis Zoological Gardens, USA. Primates in depth: the prosimian primates.

Workshops and Conservation Awareness Programmes

August 2007.

Thailand

. King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi(KMUTT)- Bangkuntien Campus. Training workshop for the identification of slow lorises in the wildlife trade to CITES MA, Forestry, Police & Customs officials.

Summer 2003-2004, 2006. Children’s biodiversity workshop at Bangamukande Estate, Pitigala, Galle District, Sri Lanka.

September 2002.Lecture to children at Ulala village on the fringe of the Masmullah Forest, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.Conducted a conservation awareness project, including a colouring competition, and produced a small booklet of the drawings to distribute to the children.

April-September 2002. Designed and distributed slender loris conservation posters to agencies, national parks and schools in Sri Lanka, written in Sinhalese, Tamil and English.

April 2002.Unuhapuluwa, Uguduwa, Mimeena and other creatures of the Sri Lankan night. Awareness programme to school children (ages 10-17). NaminioyaCentralCollege, Wilgamuwa, Matale DT, Sri Lanka.

August 2001.Conducted Two-day Workshop: Conservation and Management of the Slender Loris in Sri Lanka.Department of WildlifeTrainingCenter, Giritale, Sri Lanka.

May-August 2001.Designed and distributed slender loris conservation stickers, t-shirts and eco-bags to agencies, schools and national parks in Sri Lanka. Drawing by Helga Schulze.

March 2000.Invited speaker to several events in MarquetteMichigan; spoke to Moosewood Nature Center Opening; second grade class; middle school class; children’s museum; and colloquial speaker at Northern Michigan University Department of Biology.

Consultancy: Television Appearances and Documentary Collaborations

November 2008: Consultant for slow loris feature on Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, U.K. Channel 5

January 2007: Consultant on slow loris conservation documentary for Missione Natura - La7 Television, Italy

October 2007: Expert invited appearance about aye-ayes on Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, U.K. Channel 5

Current: In consultation with the BBC for a slender loris segment on their new major documentary series Life.

May 2005. Scientific advisor for a film on slender loris for a German film company (Bayerischer RundfunkRedaktionNaturwissenschaften und Tiere)

September 2003. Children’s conservation workshop and discovery of new slender loris species produced by YA (Young Asia) Television, Sri Lanka, and Asian satellite TV produced by Devaka Seniviratne.

November 2002. Scientific advisor to Irvine, S. 2003. Attack of the Insect Snatchers.Wild. 7(1): 18-25.

December 2002.Development of a feature length documentary of Sri Lankan slender lorises (Global Wonders of Nature) with a Japanese film company NHK. Produced by Mr. Akira Matsubayashi.

February 2002. TV interview on Sky’s Einstein Channel discussing behaviour and conservation status of the slender loris.

January 2002. November 2001.TV interview on Canadian Discovery Channel (@Discovery.com) discussing behaviour of the slender loris.

November 2001.TV interview on Oxford Channel 6 (UK) promoting conservation awareness of the slender loris.

Fall 2000-Winter 2001.Scientific advisor for slender loris segment of Sir David Attenborough’s “Life of Mammals: the Tree Dwellers,” produced for BBC. Appeared January 2003. Also contributed to Life of Mammals web site.

Loris-related Postgraduate Supervision

Lilia Bernede: Effects of habitat fragmentation on the behaviour and ecology of the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka - PhD 2009

Richard Moore: Comparative ecology of Euarchontaglires, including Nycticebus - PhD in progress

Rachel Munds: Developing trapping methods and estimating population densities of Bornean slow lorises and tarsiers in Danau Girang, Kinabatangan, Borneo, Sabah. MPhil in progress

Carly Starr: Distribution, conservation and behavioural ecology of the slow and pygmy loris in Cambodia. (External supervisor, University of Queensland) – PhD in progress.

Lara Rogers: Studying the feeding behaviour of pygmy lorises in Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area as a tool to combat the traditional medicinal trade in Cambodia.

2007-2008

Trisha Parish: Awareness training regarding slow lorises for CITES officers in SE Asia

Leah Schein: Survey of nocturnal primates, focussing on the angwantibo, in the Rhoko Forest, Cross River State, Nigeria

Rebecca Collins: Survey of Javan slow lorises and comparative captive behaviour of Javan and Sumtran slow lorises in Sumatra

Angelina Navarro-Montes:Trade in Nycticebus Past and Present: An Assessment of Southeast Asian Markets and Internet Websites.

James Thorn: Predicting priority areas of conservation for Nycticebus in Indonesia using GIS. (Distinction)

Alex Boulton: Community education in an important rainforest corridor in Southwestern Sri Lanka

Heidi Douglas: Survey of large arboreal mammals in an important rainforest corridor inSouthwestern Sri Lanka (Distinction; Alison Jolly award for Primate Conservation)

Sarah Jaffe: Designing a project for the rehabilitation and reintroduction of slow lorises in Indonesia

Kelly Ablard: The use of olfactory stimuli to promote enrichment of endangered captive slender lorises.

Grace Blackham: Density and distribution of slow lorises in the Sebangau ecosystem, Borneo. (Merit)

Harriet Robjent: Survey of nocturnal primates in DRC using Distance sampling. (Merit)

Anne Miehs: A quantitative comparison of the captive behaviour of two slow loris species: Nycticebus bengalensis and Nycticebus coucang. (Merit)

Lindsay Morse: Cross species amplification and mitochondrial DNA sequencing to estimate relatedness in a population of Cross River Allen’s Galagos.

Hannah Parathian:A multi-media exhibition to conserve our endangered primate cousins and their vanishing rainforest habitats. (Merit)

Lilia Bernede: Biodiversity assessment of a regenerating rainforest patch at Bangamukande Estate, Pitigala, Galle District, Sri Lanka. (Distinction)

Paula Sanfey: Study of re-released semi-free ranging slow and pygmy lorises in Thailand.

Pamela Troni: Construction of manual for sanctuaries housing Asian lorises, geared towards individuals with lower education levels.

David Coultas: Bioacoustic analysis of the loud call of two species of slender loris (Loris tardigradus and L. lydekkerianus nordicus) from Sri Lanka.

Claire Webber:Survey of primates and other mammals in the markets of Indonesia, with an analysis of conditions and health of the animals.(Merit)

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Conservation database for lorises (Loris, Nycticebus) and pottos (Arctocebus, Perodicticus), prosimian primates: personal pages of coauthors	Last update: 27 June 2009

Anna Nekaris

A. Peer-Reviewed Publications

B. Manuscripts and Volumes in Review

Non-peer reviewed Popular Articles

Published Conservation and Research Reports

Book Reviews

Nekaris KAI (2006). “Shaping Primate Evolution” edited by F Anapol, R German, N Jablonksi, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ Press, 2004. [Book review]. Journal of Biosocial Science. 38:713-714.

Invited Seminars

Consultancy: Television Appearances and Documentary Collaborations