https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 22 LIFE THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF ‘Large­scale burning of grasslands detrimental to invertebrates’ Study from Eravikulam National Park says ‘prescribed’ strategy to conserve threatened ungulates adversely impacts other species E.M. MANOJ Grasshopper Specialist animal stresses the need for were found in PKMTR and 18 KALPETTA Group, said. systematic monitoring of the species were found in the A recent study on “pre­ Traditionally, the grass­ impact of fire on its habitats ENP, he said. It is suspected Smoking can trigger scribed burning” of large lands of the park are man­ in the ENP. that prescribed burning in severe leg pain: study tracts of grassland for the aged by prescribed “cold” Since the target of the the park for the past many NEW YORK conservation of threatened burning (cold season burn­ management is to improve decades is a major cause for Researchers have found a ungulates in the Eravikulam ing) with the help of the local the status of mammal spe­ the decline of grasshoppers, strong link between smoking National Park (ENP), a biodi­ tribal community, P. S. Easa , cies, the impact on other he said. and peripheral artery disease versity hotspot in the West­ former director, KFRI said. groups, especially inverte­ The study suggested that — a circulatory condition in ern Ghats, reveals that such Burning is practised on 90 brates, has been neglected, the interval of burning which narrowed blood burning is detrimental to en­ sq. km. of the park by divid­ Mr. Dhaneesh said should be extended to more vessels reduce blood flow to demic invertebrates, includ­ ing it into 50 hectare grids to Though prescribed burn­ than five years, and the area the limbs — and this elevated risk can persist up to 30 years ing grasshoppers. ensure palatable fodder for ing was experimentally in­ of burning should be made after quitting smoking. The Grasshoppers are sensi­ the Nilgiri tahr and has been troduced in the Parambiku­ only in small plots of 25 m. X study was published in the tive to grasslands manage­ practised since the British lam Tiger Reserve (PKMTR) 25 m. or 50 m. X 50 m., with Journal of the American ment and an indicator of Unintended effects: A researcher, left, collecting grasshoppers from the burned areas of colonial time, Dr. Easa, a recently, another habitat of unburned adjacent areas * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT College of Cardiology. IANS grasslands quality, health Eravikulam National Park; at right, two species of grasshoppers. member of the team said. the Nilgiri tahr, it was prac­ between plots. and restoration success. However, the impact of burn­ tised on a smaller scale (10 The findings have been “As grasshoppers repre­ studied in grassland habi­ “The endemic and wing­ Hence, their response to fire ing of Nilgiri tahr habitats on m. × 10 m.). published in a recent edition sent a major faunal compo­ tats,” Dhaneesh Bhaskar, re­ less creatures are sensitive to management is of high inter­ other biota has never been There are 130 species of of Biodiversity and Conser- nent of grasslands, effects of searcher, Kerala Forest Re­ environmental change and est,” Mr. Dhaneesh, who is al­ documented, he added. grasshoppers reported in vation (Springer Nature), an fire on them can be easily search Institute (KFRI), said. exhibit a high extinction risk. so a member of the IUCN The recovery plan for the Kerala, of which 54 species international journal. 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