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K. Anne-Isola Nekaris

Researcher at Oxford Brookes University

Publications -  52
Citations -  2524

K. Anne-Isola Nekaris is an academic researcher from Oxford Brookes University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Slow loris & Loris. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 52 publications receiving 2018 citations.

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

TL;DR: Raising global scientific and public awareness of the plight of the world’s primates and the costs of their loss to ecosystem health and human society is imperative.
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Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of slow loris venom

TL;DR: Combined with numerous other serpentine features of slow lorises, including extra vertebra in the spine leading to snake-like movement, serpentine aggressive vocalisations, a long dark dorsal stripe and the venom itself, it is proposed that venom may have evolved to mimic cobras (Naja sp.).
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Tickled to Death: Analysing Public Perceptions of 'Cute' Videos of Threatened Species (Slow Lorises - Nycticebus spp.) on Web 2.0 Sites

TL;DR: Slow loris videos that have gone viral have introduced these primates to a large cross-section of society that would not normally come into contact with them, and the need for Web 2.0 sites to provide a mechanism via which illegal animal material can be identified and policed is demonstrated.
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Responses of animals to habitat alteration: an overview focussing on primates

TL;DR: This Theme Section of Endangered Species Research collates a number of case studies on how animals, and particularly primates, respond to the alteration of their habitat.
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Traditions, taboos and trade in slow lorises in Sundanese communities in southern Java, Indonesia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the beliefs, opinions and knowledge about Javan slow lorises Nycticebus javanicus in 12 Sun- danese communities of West Java, Indonesia.