Senior Research Fellow
Sunita has an MPhil in Biological Sciences from Fordham University, New York, USA. Her research interests lie in understanding the ecology and distribution of primates and finding long term conservation startegies for them in the southern Western Ghats. Her interests lie in contributing to long term strategies for the conservation of wildlife and their habitats. She also helps with the administration at FERAL.
Completed Projects
Publications
Journal Article
- MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large-scale collaboration
- Site occupancy of the Indian giant squirrel Ratufa indica (Erxleben) in Kalakad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India.giantsq_occupancy_KMTR_2008.pdf (3.75 MB)
- Ecology proposes, behaviour disposes: ecological variability in social organization and male behavioural strategies among wild bonnet macaquesWLB_Ram_2005_Journal.pdf (2.48 MB)
- Changing social strategies of wild female bonnet macaques during natural foraging and on provisioningsunita_2003.pdf (1.11 MB)
- Comments on the current geographical distribution of the Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii, Fischer) in Kerala, India.
Report
- Baseline estimates of the presence, distribution, and abundance of wildlife populations in the Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary, southern India
- Identifying Barriers and Optimizing Restoration of Large Mammal Connectivity Across Linear Intrusions in the Shencottah Gap
- Current ecological and social status of rubber estates in the Shencottah GapWLB_RamVaidyanathan_2015_report1.pdf (1.5 MB)
- Experiences and learnings from pilot payments made to local residents to enhance and conserve biodiversity
- Distribution and Status of Endangered Mammals in the Shencottah Gap
- Existing guidelines for eco-certification of natural rubber and rubber woodWLB_Rametal_2015_report3.pdf (1.19 MB)
- Rationalizing Protected Area Network in the Periyar‐Agastyamalai Landscape
- Key ecological indicators for developing standards for certification of natural rubberWLB_RamVaidyanathan_2015_report3.pdf (1006.24 KB)
- Ecologically sustainable land-use practices for rubber plantationsWLB_RamVaidyanathan_2015_report2.pdf (5.14 MB)
- Market for eco-certified rubber and rubber wood in IndiaWLB_Rametal_2015_report1.pdf (2.15 MB)
- Protocols and techniques to monitor habitat use by large mammals in multiple use landscapes
- A guide to establish a natural wind barrierWLB_Rametal_2015_report2.pdf (2.84 MB)
- Gap analysis of the Periyar Agasthyamalai landscape for arboreal mammal conservation. Final technical report.
- Study of the distribution of Primates of the Genus Semnopithecus and understanding factors that influence parapetry between the common langur (Semnopithecus priam) and Nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) in the southern Western Ghats
- Identifying critical areas for a landscape - level wildlife corridor in the southern Western Ghats.
- Estimating herbivore densities in the habitat mosaic of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Final Technical Report.
- Distribution and Status of the Nilgiri Langur (Semnopithecus johnii) in the Western Ghats, India. Final Technical Report.Ram_Vaidyanathan_2006_NilgiriLangur.pdf (1.81 MB)
Conference Proceedings
- Bridging the Shencottah Gap: Status of elephant corridors between the Periyar and Agastyamalai elephant populations
- Within site variation in the feeding ecology of the nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) in a human altered landscape
- Modeling population-level linkages for elusive large mammals in the southern Western Ghats, India.
- A comprehensive ground-based framework for quantification of human impacts on wildlife and habitat.ICCB_2010_Vaidyanathan et al.pdf (95.02 KB)