A new study has warned that the Insect-eating birds living in the forest understorey of the Eastern Himalayas are facing a serious risk due to habitat degradation caused by selective logging—the removal of specific commercially valuable trees. Scientists from the IISc Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) studied bird populations in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, over a 10-year period (2011–2021) and focused on how changes in forest microclimates following logging affect bird survival, body mass, and long-term persistence.
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