Skip to main content
Skip to navigation
Login
FERAL - once wild, runs wild again.
Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning
Home
Ecological Research
Wildlife Biology: Research and Conservation
Landscape Ecology
Advocacy & Action Research
Gender Initiative
Water & Sanitation
Coastal & Marine Systems
Restoration & NRM
Learning
Colleges and Universities
Non-Formal Training & Support
Workshops & Seminars
Publications
Journal Articles
Reports
Booklets & Manuals
Contact Us
Srinivas Vaidyanathan
Primary tabs
View
(active tab)
Contact
Designation:
Senior Research Fellow
Project Investigator
Bio Data:
User Details
Current Projects
Hydrologic and carbon services in the Western Ghats: Response of forests and agro- ecosystems to extreme rainfall events.
Functional connectivity for large mammals in the southern western ghats – India Linking movements and Distribution
Bridging the Shencottah Gap: How Payments for Ecosystem Services Can Restore Biodiversity Outside Protected Areas in India
Publications
Reports
Aditya, Gangadharan, Vaidyanathan Srinivas, and Ram Sunita. 2011. Identifying critical areas for a landscape - level wildlife corridor in the southern Western Ghats. Final Technical Report. Pondicherry, India: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning.
Bhalla, R.S., Ram, S., and V. Srinivas, eds. 2008. Studies on Vulnerability and Habitat Restoration along the Coromandel Coast. 1st ed. Pondicherry, India: FERAL, UNDP-UNTRS.
Sunita, Ram, Vaidyanathan Srinivas and Venugopal P Dilip . 2006. Estimating herbivore densities in the habitat mosaic of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Final Technical Report. Pondicherry, India: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning.
Journal Articles
Ahrestani, Farshid S., Ignas M.A. Heitkönig, Frank van Langevelde, Srinivas Vaidyanathan, M.D. Madhusudan, and Herbert H.T. Prins. Moisture and nutrients determine the distribution and richness of India’s large herbivore species assemblage. Basic and Applied Ecology (0). doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.08.008.
K. Ullas Karanth, Arjun M. Gopalaswamy, N. Samba Kumar, Srinivas Vaidyanathan, James D. Nichols, and Darryl I. MacKenzie. (2011) Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02002.x.
Vaidyanathan, Srinivas, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, N. Samba Kumar, Harshawardhan Dhanwatey, Poonam Dhanwatey, and K. Ullas Karanth, “Patterns of tropical forest dynamics and human impacts: Views from above and below the canopy”, Biological Conservation 143, no. 12: 2881-91.
Alexander. M. Kerr, Andrew. H. Baird, R. S. Bhalla and Srinivas, V. (2009) 'Reply to 'Using remote sensing to assess the protective role of coastal woody vegetation against tsunami waves'', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30:14, 3817-3820. DOI: 10.1080/01431160903046711
Baird, Andrew H., Ravinder S. Bhalla, Alexander M. Kerr, Neil W. Pelkey, and V. Srinivas. 2009. “Do mangroves provide an effective barrier to storm surges?” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (40) (October 6): E111. doi:10.1073/pnas.09008799106.
V. Srinivas, P. Dilip Venugopal and Sunita Ram. (2008) Site occupancy of the Indian giant squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxleben) in Kalakad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India Current Science, 95:7, 889-894
Arundhati Das, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Kamaljit S. Bawa, M.C. Kiran, V. Srinivas, N. Samba Kumar and K. Ullas Karanth. (2006) Prioritisation of conservation areas in the Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation, 133:1, 16-31
Srinivas, V. (2002)A large congregation of black-shouldered kite Elanus caeruleus at Ranthambore National Park. JBNHS 99(2):297
Srinivas V and Parthasarathy N. (2001). Comparative analysis of tree diversity and dispersion in the tropical lowland rainforests of Agumbe, Central Western Ghats, India. Tropical Biodiversity.
Sunita Ram and Srinivas V (2001) Comments on the current geographical distribution of the Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii, Fischer) in Kerala, India. Asian Primates 7 (3): 17-18.
Conference Papers
Bhalla, R. S., Jagdish Krishnaswamy, and Srinvas Vaidyanathan. 2011. “Vulnerabilities of Critical Ecosystems and Services in the Western Ghats to Overland Flows and Sedimentation During Extreme Rainfall Events.” In Geospatial World Forum: Seminars: Disaster Management, 66. Hyderabad, A.P. India: GIS Development.
Srinivas Vaidyanathan, Aditya Gangadharan, Sunita Ram (2010). A comprehensive ground-based framework for quantification of human impacts on wildlife and habitat. 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aditya Gangadharan, Srinivas Vaidyanathan and Sunita Ram (2010). Modeling population-level linkages for elusive large mammals in the southern Western Ghats, India. 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Sunita Ram and Srinivas Vaidyanathan (2010). Within site variation in the feeding ecology of the nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) in a human altered landscape. 23th Congress of the International Primatological Society, September 2010, Kyoto, Japan.
Karanth, K. U., Goodrich, J. M., Srinivas, V and G. Vishwanatha Reddy (2009) Landscape-scale, ecology-based management of wild tiger population. Global Tiger Workshop – Defining Strategic Actions to Save the Wild Tiger from Extinction, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Popular Articles
Gopinath S. and Srinivas, V “Kalivelli Wetlands”, Sanctuary Asia¸ vol.XXVII No.1, February 2007.
Booklets and Manuals
Anupama Pai, Benjamin Larroquette, Dandhapani S, Gaspard Appavou, Neil W. Pelkey, Rajendran K, Saravanan S, Shivarajan R, Srinivas V. 2004. The village resource handbook. 1st ed. Pondicherry, India: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning.
Bhalla, R. S., N. W. Pelkey, and V. Srinivas. 2004. Making Maps with Map Maker: An Introduction to Vector GIS for Schools. 1st ed. Pondicherry: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning.
Gopinath, S., and Srinvas Vaidyanathan. 2004. Kalivelli Wetlands. Pondicherry: Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning.
Completed Projects
Baseline surveys for designing and implementing payments for ecosystem services in the Western Ghats, India
Identifying critical areas for a landscape level wildlife corridor in the southern Western Ghats
Post Tsunami Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme
Estimating Herbivore Densities in Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
Rehabilitation of irrigation tank management systems.
