Publications

E Goldstein, J Erinjery, G Martin, A Kasturiratne, D Ediriweera, H Janaka de Silva, P Diggle, DG Lalloo, KA Murray, and T Iwamura  (2021) Integrating human behavior and snake ecology with agent-based models to predict snakebite in high risk landscapes, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009047

E Goldstein, J Erinjery, G Martin, A Kasturiratne, D Ediriweera, R Somaweera, P Diggle, H Janaka de Silva, DG Lalloo, KA Murray, and T Iwamura  (2023) Climate change maladaptation for health: Agricultural practice against shifting seasonal rainfall affects snakebite risk for farmers in the tropics, iScience, Volume 26, Issue 2105946

G Martín, J Erinjery, D Ediriweera, E Goldstein, R Somaweera, H Janaka de Silva, DG Lalloo, T Iwamura, and KA Murray (2024) Effects of global change on snakebite envenoming incidence up to 2050: a modelling assessment, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 8, Issue 8, E533-E544,Volume 8, Issue 8, E533-E544

G Martín, J Erinjery, D Ediriweera, H Janaka de Silva, DG Lalloo, T Iwamura, and KA Murray (2022) A mechanistic model of snakebite as a zoonosis: Envenoming incidence is driven by snake ecology, socioeconomics and its impacts on snakes, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009867

G Martín, J Erinjery, R Gumbs, R Somaweera, D Ediriweera, P Diggle, A Kasturiratne, H Janaka de Silva, DG Lalloo, T Iwamura, and KA Murray (2021) Integrating snake distribution, abundance and expert-derived behavioural traits predicts snakebite risk, J of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14081

D Ediriweera, A Kasthuriratne, A Pathmeswaran, N Gunawardene, S Jayamanne, KA Murray, T Iwamura, G Isbister, A Dawson, DG Lalloo, H Janaka de Silva, and P Diggle (2021) Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of snakebite in Sri Lanka: Monthly incidence mapping from a national representative survey sample, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009447

D Ediriweera, A Kasturiratne, NK Gunawardena, T Iwamura, KA Murray, PJ Diggle, DG Lalloo, and HJ de Silva (2019) Adjusting for spatial variation when assessing individual-level risk: a case-study in the epidemiology of snake-bite in Sri Lanka, PLoS One 14 (10), e0223021https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009447

T Iwamura, EF Lambin, KM Silvius, JB Luzar & JMV Fragoso (2016) Socio–environmental sustainability of indigenous lands: simulating coupled human–natural systems in the Amazon, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1203

T Iwamura, EF Lambin, KM Silvius, JB Luzar & JMV Fragoso (2014) Agent-based modeling of hunting and subsistence agriculture on indigenous lands: Understanding interactions between social and ecological systems, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.03.008

N Butt, K Epps, H Overman, T Iwamura, and JMV. Fragaoso (2015) Assessing carbon stocks using indigenous peoples’ field measurements in Amazonian Guyana, Forest Ecology and Management. 338 191-199

A. Joseph, V Anusree, MR Midhunlal, P Neethu, VV Saritha, CC Stefina, T Christina Grace, MK Smija, G Sreenivasa, A Rathinakumar, PK Prasadan, T Iwamura, and J. Eringery (2025) Assessment of Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) Roosting Sites in Northern Kerala using Landsat-derived NDVI. In Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Land Use Changes in South and Southeast Asia, Volume 2, Taylor & Francis.  link

A Lewin, J Erinjery, D Nissim & T Iwamura ‏  (2022) Social-ecological cascade effects of land use on vertebrate pest dynamics in arid agricultural communities, Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2804

A Lewin, J Erinjery, Y le Polain de Waroux, E Tripler & T Iwamura (2021) Land-use differences modify predator-prey interactions and Acacia vegetation in a hyperarid ecosystem, J or Arid Environments https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104547

N Ben-Moshe, M Rosensaft & T Iwamura (2023) Land-use changes interact with geology to facilitate dispersal of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and leishmaniasis across Israel and the West Bank, Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9915

N Ben-Moshe & T Iwamura (2020) Shelter availability and human attitudes as drivers of rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) expansion along a rural–urban gradient, Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6174

R Naidoo & T Iwamura (2007) Global-scale mapping of economic benefits from agricultural lands: Implications for conservation priorities, Biological Conservation, 140 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.025

O Venter, W.F. Laurence, T. Iwamura, K.A. Wilson, R.A. Fuller, and H.P. Possingham (2009) Harnessing carbon payments to protect biodiversity. Science 326 (5958):1368-1368. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1180289

J Carwardine, K.A. Wilson, G. Ceballos, P.R. Ehrlich, R. Naidoo, T. Iwamura, S. Hajkowicz, and H.P. Possingham (2008) Cost-effective priorities for global mammal conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (21): 11446-11450. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070715710

M Bode, J.E.M. Watson, T. Iwamura, and H.P. Possingham (2008) The cost of conservation: Letter in response to Kremen et al. Science 321 (5887): 340-340 41. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.321.5887.340a

O Venter, R.A. Fuller, D.B. Segan, J. Carwardine, T. Brooks, S.H.M. Butchart, M. Di Marco, T. Iwamura, L. Joseph, D. O’Grady, H.P. Possingham, C. Rondinini, R.J. Smith, M. Venter, and J.E.M. Watson (2014) Targeting global protected area expansion for imperiled biodiversity, PLoS Biology. 12 (6): e1001891

G Murali, T wamura, S Meiri, & U Roll (2023) Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates, Nature 615, 461–467https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05606-z

JEM Watson, T Iwamura, & N Butt (2013) Mapping vulnerability and conservation action in a time of climate change. Nature Climate Change. 3 989-944. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2007

T Iwamura, A Guisan, KA Wilson, & H.P. Possingham (2013)  How robust are global conservation priorities to climate change? Global Environmental Change. 23284 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.016

T Iwamura, KA Wilson, O Venter, & HP Possingham (2010) A climatic stability approach to prioritizing global conservation investments. PLoS ONE 5 (11): e15103. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015103

T Iwamura, A Guzman-Holst & KA Murray (2020) Accelerating invasion potential of disease vector Aedes aegypti under climate change, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16010-4

ES Saager, T Iwamura, T Jucker & KA Murray (2023) Deforestation for oil palm increases microclimate suitability for the development of the disease vector Aedes albopictus, Scientific Reports,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35452-6

The race against time to defeat mosquito-borne diseases, Financial Times, JUN 18 2024

T Iwamura, RA Fuller, HP Possingham (2014) Optimal Management of a Multispecies Shorebird Flyway under Sea-Level Rise, Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12319

T Iwamura, HP Possingham, I Chadès, C Minton, NJ Murray, DI Rogers, EA Treml & RA Fuller (2013) Migratory connectivity magnifies the consequences of habitat loss from sea-level rise for shorebird populations, Proc. of the Royal Society B, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0325

S Nicol, R.A. Fuller, T. Iwamura, and I. Chadès (2015) Adapting environmental management to uncertain but inevitable change, Proceedings of Royal Society B. 282: 20142984, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2984

NJ Murray, P.P. Marra, RA Fuller, RS Clemens, K Dhanjal-Adams, KB Gosbell, CJ Hassell, T Iwamura, D Melville, CDT Minton, AC Riegen, DI Rogers, EJ Woehler, and CE Studds (2018) The large‐scale drivers of population declines in a long‐distance migratory shorebird, Ecography 41 (6) 867-876, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02957

N Shumway, MI Saunders, S Nicol, RA Fuller, N Ben-Moshe, T Iwamura, SW Kim, NJ Murray, JEM Watson, and M Meron (2023) Exploring the risks and benefits of flexibility in biodiversity offset location in a case study of migratory shorebirds, Conservation Biology. 37 (2) e14031, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14031

T Raz, Y Kiat, KJ Kardynal, Y Aharon-Rotman, G Perlman, KA Hobson & T Iwamura ‏  (2023) Stopover-site feather isotopes uncover African non-breeding grounds of migratory passerines, J of Ornithology 164, 859–873 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02078-4

Y Aharon-Rotman, G Perlman, Y Kiat, T Raz, A Balaban & T Iwamura (2021) Limited flexibility in departure timing of migratory passerines at the East-Mediterranean flyway, Scientific Reports 11, 5184, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83793-x

LM Barr, JEM Watson, HP Possingham, T Iwamura, and R.A. Fullar (2016) Progress in improving the protection of species and habitats in Australia. Biological Conservation. 200: 184-191, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104547

U Roll, T Iwamura, and O Berger-Tal (2018) National conservation science conferences as a means of bridging conservation science and practice. Conservation Biology 32(5):1200-1202, DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13060

S Giakoumi, V Hermoso, SB Carvalho, V Markantonatou, M Dagys, T Iwamura, WN Probst, RJ Smith, KL Yates, V Almpanidou, T Novak, N Ben-Moshe, et al. (2019) Conserving European biodiversity across realms. Conservation Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12586