{"id":276971,"date":"2024-01-10T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=276971"},"modified":"2024-01-10T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:59:20","slug":"iisc-study-revealed-how-logging-and-climate-change-impact-montane-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iisc-study-revealed-how-logging-and-climate-change-impact-montane-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"IISc study revealed how logging and climate change impact montane birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cIISc study in Arunachal Pradesh reveals how logging and climate change impact montane birds\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in \u201cThe Hindu<\/b>\u201d on 5 January 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in news?<\/h2>\n

Recently, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) in Bengaluru have found that logging and climate change pose a threat to montane birds.<\/p>\n

What was done in research?<\/h2>\n

1) The team collected data from the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh<\/strong> which is home to over 500 bird species.<\/p>\n

2) Researchers studied the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird communities<\/strong> in tropical mountains by examining over 10 years of data.<\/p>\n

2) Mist netting and bird ringing data<\/strong> were used to understand how the composition of the mid-elevation Eastern Himalayan understorey bird community changed in primary (undisturbed) forests as well as in logged forests.
\nNote- Understorey bird community is the community of birds that remain beneath the main canopy of a forest<\/p>\n

What are the findings of the research?<\/h2>\n

1) Forest loss and climate change are major threats<\/strong> to the ecosystem of Tropical montane forests on mountains.<\/p>\n

2) Many bird species have started shifting to higher elevations due to rising temperatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3) Logging can lead to the loss of large-bodied, old, growth-dependent species,<\/strong> and decrease the overall biodiversity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4) Logging has a detrimental impact on understorey insectivores,<\/strong> which are typically confined to specific niches, leading to a significant decline in their numbers.<\/p>\n

5) Logged forests also experience decreased densities of foliage-dwelling insects,<\/strong> diminishing the available resources for birds.<\/p>\n

6) The study highlights the need to safeguard primary forests <\/strong>in order to mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What is Eagle Nest Wildlife Sanctuary?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/b><\/td>\nArunachal Pradesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographical Features<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0It is situated in the biodiversity hotspot of Eastern Himalayas.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National Park\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nIt conjoins Sessa Orchid Sanctuary to the northeast<\/strong> and Pakhui Tiger Reserve<\/strong> across the Kameng river to the east. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\nEagle Nest’s Wildlife Sanctuary is considered amongst the topmost birding destinations in the World.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flora<\/b><\/td>\nDense strands of bamboo & patches of broadleaved evergreen forest<\/strong> covers the large altitudinal range.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fauna<\/b><\/td>\n1) It is also home for many species of amphibians, snakes & lizards, mammal species like Bengal Tiger, Clouded leopard, Red Panda, Arunachal Macaque, Gaur & endangered capped Langur.
\n2) More than 160 species of butterflies have been recorded.
\n3) The rare Bugun Liocichla bird (IUCN status: Critically Endangered)<\/strong>\u00a0is found only in the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tribes<\/b><\/td>\nThis Sanctuary is inhabited by two tribes, Bugun and Sherdukpen.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Environment (Wildlife Sanctuary in news)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cIISc study in Arunachal Pradesh reveals how logging and climate change impact montane birds\u201d\u00a0published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 5 January 2024. Why in news? Recently, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) in Bengaluru have found that logging and climate change pose a threat to montane birds.… Continue reading IISc study revealed how logging and climate change impact montane birds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-276971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":12,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704912917},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}