Western Himalayas (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Western Himalayas

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The researchers focused on how temperature changes and the conversion of forests to agricultural land affected 135 bird species in the Himalayas. They found that species living in the seasonal western Himalayas (left) adapted to deforestation better than birds native to the tropical eastern Himalayas.

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(Photo by Paul Elsen, Wildlife Conservation Society)

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