Resource Library
Video Materials
The links on these pages are intended for use by anyone interested in learning more about nonhuman primates, but especially by teachers looking for ideas on incorporating nonhuman primates into their lesson plans.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YLcNf3h0s A YouTube documentory on the white morph of the sourthern purple faced langur of Sri Lanka at Lahirugama
Papers & Documents
For students of primatology
- Jeanne Altmann, Observational Study of Behavior: Sampling MethodsAuthor(s): Source: Behaviour, Vol. 49, No. 3/4 (1974), pp. 227-267 Published by: BRILL Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4533591
Papers on Sri Lankan Primates
- Jinie D. S. Dela (2007), Seasonal Food Use Strategies of Semnopithecus vetulus nestor, at Panadura and Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10764-007-9150-8
- Jinie D. S. Dela (2011). Impact of monkey-human relationships and habitat change on Semnopithecus vetulus nestor in human modified habitats. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270057089_Impact_of_monkey-human_relationships_and_habitat_change_on_Semnopithecus_vetulus_nestor_in_human_modified_habitats
- Jinie D. S. Dela (2012). Western Purple-faced Langurs (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor) Feed on Ripe and Ripening Fruits in Human-modified Environments in Sri Lanka https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10764-011-9538-3
- Wolfgang P J Dittus ( ): The biogeography and ecology of Sri Lankan mammals point to conservation priorities (researchgate.net). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321311027_The_biogeography_and_ecology_of_Sri_Lankan_mammals_point_to_conservation_priorities
- Charmalie A.D. Nahallage, Nelum Kanthilatha, Gamini Adikari and Michael A. Huffman ( ):
Preliminary Report of Non-Human Primate Bones Discovered at the Prehistoric Sigiriya Potana cave site in Sri Lanka
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=-WWdopYAAAAJ&citation_for_view=-WWdopYAAAAJ:W7OEmFMy1HYC
- Rajnish P. Vandercone, Chameera Dinadh, Gayan Wijethunga, Kitsiri Ranawana & David T. Rasmussen (). Dietary Diversity and Food Selection in Hanuman Langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) and Purple-Faced Langurs (Trachypithecus vetulus) in the Kaludiyapokuna Forest Reserve in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka | International Journal of Primatology (springer.com)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10764-012-9629-9
- Rajnish Vandercone, Kaushalya Premachandra, Gayan Pradeep Wijethunga, Chameera Dinadh, Kithsiri Ranawana, and Sonya Bahar ( ): Random Walk Analysis of Ranging Patterns of Sympatric Langurs in a Complex Resource Landscape.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajp.22183
