Committee member
Laxman Khanal
Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Current affiliations
My research interests include population genetics, phylogenetics and biogeography of primates, primate behavior and conservation. Besides the wild populations of nonhuman primates in Nepal Himalaya, I have been exploring the urban monkeys in Kathmandu and other cities of Nepal about their interactions with humans and their consequences.
Recent publications
Ogawa H, Khatiwada S, Paudel PK, Koirala S, Khanal L, and Chalise MK (2024) Distribution and group composition of Assamese and rhesus macaques in northwestern Kathmandu, Nepal. Mammal Study 49(3). doi: 10.3106/ms2023-0061
Shrestha S, Sharma S, Kyes RC, and Khanal L (2024) Comparative analysis of mother-infant interactions between free-ranging and captive rhesus macaques in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology 12: e2024011. doi: 10.31893/jabb.2024011
Khanal L, Upadhyaya LP, Pandey N, Chand DB, Karki M, Chalise MK, and Kyes RC (2023) Projected distribution of the westernmost subpopulation of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis pelops) under climate change: conservation implications of a threatened population. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4: 1235595 doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2023.1235595
Sharma S, Shrestha S, and Khanal L (2023) Motor stereotypic behaviors in zoo rhesus monkeys: a case study of the Central Zoo, Kathmandu, Nepal. Zoodiversity 57(3): 239-250. doi: 10.15407/zoo2023.03.239
Sharma S, Khanal L, Shrestha S, Pandey N, Bellanca RU, and Kyes RC (2023) Zoo visitors as a source of enrichment to reduce abnormal behavior in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Central Zoo, Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology 11(1): e2023005. doi: 10.31893/jabb.23005
Monecke S, Roberts MC, Braun SD, et al. (2022). Sequence analysis of novel Staphylococcus aureus Lineages from wild and captive macaques. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(19): 11225. doi: 10.3390/ijms231911225
Khanal L, Chalise MK, Jiang XL, and Kyes RC (2022). Mitochondrial genetic diversity and structure of the langur population in a complex landscape of the Nepal Himalaya. Diversity 14: 69. doi: 10.3390/d14020069
Khanal L, Chalise MK, Fan PF, Kyes RC, and Jiang XL (2021) Multilocus phylogeny suggests a distinct species status for the Nepal population of Assam macaques (Macaca assamensis): implications for evolution and conservation. Zoological Research 42: 3-13. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.279
Roberts MC, Joshi PR, Monecke S, et al. (2020) Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin Resistant S. aureus in Nepalese Primates: Resistance to Antimicrobials, Virulence, and Genetic Lineages. Antibiotics 9: 689. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100689