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Overview

K. A. I. Nekaris is a researcher affiliated with Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several scientific fields, particularly within Environmental Science, Psychology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Social Psychology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main research topics addressed by Nekaris focus on Primates and broader wildlife concerns. Key topics include:

  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Recent scholarly publications from Nekaris showcase a focus on wildlife trade, animal behavior, and conservation. Notable papers include:

  • "Slow lorises use venom as a weapon in intraspecific competition," 2020, published in Current Biology

Other recent research papers, although led by frequent coauthors rather than Nekaris directly, appear within venues associated with them, indicating collaborative efforts in related fields. These papers include studies on wildlife trade and conservation published in Environmental Research, Conservation Biology, Diversity, and Animals.

Frequently collaborating researchers with Nekaris include:

  • Vincent Nijman
  • Marco Campera
  • Muhammad Ali Imron
  • Katherine Hedger
  • Thaís Q. Morcatty

Publication venues where Nekaris and collaborators contribute most often are:

  • Animals
  • Folia Primatologica
  • Diversity
  • Biological Conservation
  • Toxins

Nekaris contributes to academic literature not only through articles but also via book publications; one recorded work is titled Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos, published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Impending extinction crisis of the world's primates: why primates matter

    Alejandro Estrada;Paul A. Garber;Anthony B. Rylands;Christian Roos

  • Ecological niche modelling as a technique for assessing threats and setting conservation priorities for Asian slow lorises (Primates: Nycticebus)

    J. S. Thorn;V. Nijman;D. Smith;K. A. I. Nekaris

  • Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

    Alejandro Estrada;Paul A. Garber;Russell A. Mittermeier;Serge Wich

  • Tickled to Death: Analysing Public Perceptions of 'Cute' Videos of Threatened Species (Slow Lorises - Nycticebus spp.) on Web 2.0 Sites

    K. Anne-Isola Nekaris;Nicola Campbell;Tim G. Coggins;E. Johanna Rode

  • Exploring cultural drivers for wildlife trade via an ethnoprimatological approach: a case study of slender and slow lorises (Loris and Nycticebus) in South and Southeast Asia

    K.A.I. Nekaris;C.R. Shepherd;C.R. Starr;C.R. Starr;V. Nijman

  • Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of slow loris venom

    K Anne-Isola Nekaris;Richard S Moore;E Johanna Rode;Bryan G Fry

  • Conservation implications of low encounter rates of five nocturnal primate species (Nycticebus spp.) in Asia

    K. A. I. Nekaris;G. V. Blackham;V. Nijman;V. Nijman

  • Primate anti-predator strategies

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  • Activity budget and positional behavior of the Mysore slender loris (Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus): implications for slow climbing locomotion.

    K.A.I. Nekaris

  • Obligate exudativory characterizes the diet of the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus

    Carly Starr;K.A.I. Nekaris

  • Responses of animals to habitat alteration: an overview focussing on primates

    Christoph Schwitzer;Livvy Glatt;K. Anne-Isola Nekaris;Jörg U. Ganzhorn

  • Extreme primates: Ecology and evolution of Asian lorises

    K. A. I. Nekaris

  • Taxonomy of the Bornean slow loris, with new species Nycticebus kayan (Primates, Lorisidae).

    Rachel A. Munds;K. A. I. Nekaris;Susan M. Ford

  • A Re-Evaluation of the Role of Vision in the Activity and Communication of Nocturnal Primates

    S K Bearder;K A I Nekaris;D J Curtis

  • Observations of mating, birthing and parental behaviour in three subspecies of slender loris (Loris tardigradus and Loris lydekkerianus ) in India and Sri Lanka.

    K.A.I. Nekaris

  • Survey of the slender loris (Primates, Lorisidae Gray, 1821: Loris tardigradus Linnaeus, 1758 and Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera, 1908) in Sri Lanka

    K. A. I. Nekaris;J. Jayewardene

  • Diet and feeding behavior of Mysore slender lorises

    K. A. I. Nekaris;D. Tab Rasmussen

  • Unexpected diversity of slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) within the Javan pet trade: implications for slow loris taxonomy

    K.A.I. Nekaris;S. Jaffe

  • CITES Proposal Highlights Rarity of Asian Nocturnal Primates (Lorisidae: Nycticebus)

    K.A.I. Nekaris;V. Nijman

  • Primate conservation: measuring and mitigating trade in primates

    V. Nijman;K. A. I. Nekaris;G. Donati;Michael William Bruford

  • Changes in the primate trade in indonesian wildlife markets over a 25-year period: Fewer apes and langurs, more macaques, and slow lorises.

    Vincent Nijman;Denise Spaan;Eva Johanna Rode-Margono;Wirdateti

  • Survey of Hylobates agilis albibarbis in a logged peat-swamp forest: Sabangau catchment, Central Kalimantan

    Cara Buckley;K. A. I. Nekaris;Simon John Husson

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Nijman
Vincent Nijman Oxford Brookes University
Giuseppe Donati
Giuseppe Donati Oxford Brookes University
Falk Huettmann
Falk Huettmann University of Alaska Fairbanks
Susan M. Cheyne
Susan M. Cheyne Oxford Brookes University
Benoit Goossens
Benoit Goossens Cardiff University
Paul Harrigan
Paul Harrigan University of Western Australia
Alejandro Estrada
Alejandro Estrada National Autonomous University of Mexico
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
Bryan G. Fry
Bryan G. Fry University of Queensland
Roger Bakeman
Roger Bakeman Georgia State University

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