C. V. S. Gunatilleke

University of Peradeniya — LK

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(43), Plant and animal studies(20), Forest ecology and management(19), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(11), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(11)

Publications86 total

Species–Habitat Associations in a Sri Lankan Dipterocarp Forest
Journal of Vegetation Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and coexistence in forests
Nature·2025· 14 citedOpen Access
Assessing the spatial scale of synchrony in forest tree population dynamics
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests
Ecography·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Old-growth mixed dipterocarp forests show variable losses and gains in aboveground biomass and standing carbon over forty years
Forest Ecosystems·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Seed dormancy diversity of the mangrove plant community in Sri Lanka to assist in direct seeding and seedling transplanting restoration
Seed Science Research·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and its consequences for coexistence in species rich forests
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests
2023Open Access
Changes in tree structure, composition, and diversity of a mixed-dipterocarp rainforest over a 40-year period
Forest Ecology and Management·2019· 15 cited
Temporal population variability in local forest communities has mixed effects on tree species richness across a latitudinal gradient
Ecology Letters·2019· 16 cited
Patterns of nitrogen‐fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America
Journal of Ecology·2019· 50 citedOpen Access
Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude
Royal Society Open Science·2018· 40 citedOpen Access
Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”
Science·2018· 10 cited
Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”
Science·2018· 8 cited
Supplementary material from Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude.
Figshare·2018Open Access
Supplementary material from Spatial scale changes the relationship between beta diversity, species richness and latitude
Figshare·2018Open Access
Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale
Science·2017· 330 cited
Correction: Persistence of Neighborhood Demographic Influences over Long Phylogenetic Distances May Help Drive Post-Speciation Adaptation in Tropical Forests
PLoS ONE·2016· 4 citedOpen Access
Persistence of Neighborhood Demographic Influences over Long Phylogenetic Distances May Help Drive Post-Speciation Adaptation in Tropical Forests
PLoS ONE·2016· 34 citedOpen Access
Appendix A. A map with the locations and summary information of the four sites.
Figshare·2016Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke(43), Stuart J. Davies(9), I‐Fang Sun(9), P. Mark S. Ashton(9), Warren Y. Brockelman(8), Stephen P. Hubbell(8), Sandra Yap(8), Peter S. Ashton(8), Thorsten Wiegand(8), David F. R. P. Burslem(7), Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin(7), Anuttara Nathalang(7), Perry S. Ong(7), Richard Condit(6), Robert W. Howe(6), William J. McShea(6), Amy Wolf(6), Ruwan Punchi‐Manage(6), Mark S. Ashton(6), Xiangcheng Mi(6)