Publications

A. Joseph,…., 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.

A.N. Ahmed, K. Fornace, T. Iwamura, and K.A. Murray (2025) Human animal contact, land use change and zoonotic disease risk: a protocol for systematic review. Sys Rev. 14 (65)

A.N. Ahmed, K. Fornace, T. Iwamura, and K.A. Murray (2024) Human–animal contact to inform zoonotic disease risk across gradients of agricultural land use change in the Central River Region (CRR) of The Gambia (ZooContact): a formative study. Front. Public Health. 12

G. Martín, J. Erinjery, …, T. Iwamura, and K.A. Murray Global change effects on snakebite: an assessment of environmental and health sustainability trade-offs in Sri Lanka. The Lancet Planetary Health. 8 (8), e533-e544

G. Murali, T. Iwamura, S. Meiri and U. Roll (2023) Future temperature extremes threaten land vertebrates, Nature. 615, 461–467 

E. Goldstein, J. J. Erinjery, …, and T. Iwamura (2023) Climate change maladaptation for health: Agricultural practice against shifting seasonal rainfall affects snakebite risk for farmers in the tropics. iScience. 26, 105946.

E.S. Saager, T. Iwamura, T. Jucker, and K.A. Murray (2023) Deforestation for oil palm increases microclimate suitability for the development of the disease vector Aedes albopictus, Scientific Reports. 13 (1), 9514   

T. Raz, Y. Kiat, K.J. Kardynal, Y. Aharon-Rotman, G. Perlman, K.A. Hobson and T. Iwamura (2023)‏ Stopover-site feather isotopes uncover African non-breeding grounds of migratory passerines, J. of Ornithology. 1-15      

N. Shumway…, N. Ben-Moshe, T.Iwamura…, and Martine 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    

N. Ben-Moshe, M. Rosensaft, and 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 and Evolution. 13 (3), e9915    

G. Martín, J. Erinjery, D. Ediriweera, H.J. de Silva, D.G. Lalloo, T. Iwamura, and K.A. 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. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009867

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, e2804

G. Martin, J. Erinjery, R. Gumbs, R. Somaweera, D.S. Ediriweera, P.J. Diggle, A. Kasturiratne, D. Lalloo, H.J. de Silva, T.Iwamura, and K. Murray (2022) ‘Integrating snake distribution, abundance and expert-derived behavioural traits predicts snakebite risk, J. of Applied Ecology.

A. Lewin, J. Erinjery, Y.L.W. Polain, E. Tripler, and T. Iwamura (2021) Evaluating the role of agricultural regimes on predator-prey interactions in a hyperarid region of Israel, J. of Arid Env. 192, 104547.

G. Martin, C. Yáñez-Arenas, R. Rangel-Camacho, K.A. Murray, E. Goldstein, T. Iwamura, and X. Chiappa-Carraraa (2021) Implications of global environmental change for the burden of snakebite, Toxicon: X. 100069

D.S. Ediriweera, A. Kasthuriratne, A. Pathmeswaran, … T. Iwamura, …, and P.J. Diggle (2021) Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of snakebite in Sri Lanka: Monthly incidence mapping from a national representative survey sample, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15 (6)

Y. Aharon-Rotman, T. Raz, G. Perlman, Y. Kiat, A. Balaban and T. Iwamura (2021) Limited flexibility in departure timing of migratory passerines at the East‑Mediterranean flyway, Scientific Report

E. Goldstein, J. Eringery, G. Martin, Ediriweera, D.S., A. Kasturiratne, H. Janaka de Silva, Peter Diggle, D.G. Lalloo, K. Murray, and T. Iwamura (2021) Estimating snakebite risks with Agent-based modeling of snake-farmer interactions, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15 (1), e0009047

T. Iwamura, A. Guzmán-Holst, and K.A. Murray (2020) Accelerating invasion potential of disease vector Aedes aegyptiunder climate change, Nature Communications 11 (1), 1-10

N. Ben-Moshe and T. Iwamura (2020) Shelter availability and human attitudes as drivers of rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) expansion along a rural-urban gradient, Ecology and Evolution 10 (9), 4044-4065

K.A. Murray, G. Martin, and T. Iwamura (2020) Focus on snake ecology to fight snakebite, Lancet 395 (10220), e14

D.S. Ediriweera, A. Kasturiratne, N.K. Gunawardena, T. Iwamura, K.A. Murray, P.J. Diggle, D.G. Lalloo, and H.J. 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), e0223021

S. Giakoumi, V. Hermoso, S.B. Carvalho, V. Markantonatou, M. Dagys, T. Iwamura, W.N. Probst, R.J. Smith, K.L. Yates, V. Almpanidou, T. Novak, N. Ben-Moshe, et al. (2019) Conserving European biodiversity across realms. Conservation Letters

T. Iwamura. Polain, and M. Mascia (2018) Incorporating people into conservation planning: insights from Land System Science. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment

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

N.J. Murray, P.P. Marra, R.A. Fuller, … T. Iwamura, …, and C.E. Studds (2018) The large‐scale drivers of population declines in a long‐distance migratory shorebird, Ecography 41 (6) 867-876

L.M. Barr, J.E.M. Watson, H.P. Possingham, T. Iwamura, and R.A. Fullar (2016) Progress in improving the protection of species and habitats in Australia. Biological Conservation. 200: 184-191

T. Iwamura, E. F. Lambin, K. M. Silvius, J. B. Luzar, and J. M. Fragoso (2016) Socio-environmental sustainability of indigenous lands: Simulating the impacts of external pressures and livelihood change in the Guyanese Amazon. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14 (2) 77-83

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

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

T. Iwamura, E. Lambin, K.M. Silvius, J.B. Luzar, and J.M.V. Fragaoso (2014) Agent-based modeling of hunting and subsistence agriculture on indigenous lands: understanding interactions between social and ecological systems, Environmental Modelling & Software. 58 109-127

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

T. Iwamura, R.A. Fuller, and H.P. Possingham (2014) Optimal management of a multispecies shorebird flyway under sea-level rise, Conservation Biology. DOI:10.1111/cobi.12319

Watson J.E.M., T. Iwamura*, and N. Butt (2013) Mapping vulnerability and conservation action in a time of climate change. Nature Climate Change. 3 989-944  *Credited as a leading author

T. Iwamura
, A. Guisan, K.A. Wilson, and H.P. Possingham (2013)  How robust are global conservation priorities to climate change? Global Environmental Change. 23284

T. Iwamura, H.P.Possingham, I. Chadès, C. Minton, N.J. Murray, D.I. Rogers, E. Treml, and R.A. Fuller (2013) Migration magnifies the impact of sea level rise on coastal shorebirds. Proceedings of Royal Society B. 280 : 20130325

T. Iwamura, K.A. Wilson, O. Venter, and H.P. Possingham (2010) A climatic stability approach to prioritizing global conservation investments. PLoS ONE 5 (11): e15103

Venter, O., 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

Carwardine, J., 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

Bode M., 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.    

R. Naidoo, and T. Iwamura (2007) Global-scale mapping of economic benefits from agricultural lands: implication of conservation priorities. Biological Conservation 140: 40-49