A nape is not a... 1  Crown: This is the very top of the birds head, and while the crown and nape are adjacent parts of a bird, each one is distinct. 2  Plume: Some birds have plumes that extend from the crown or nape, and can drape gracefully over the nape.
Evidently, India has a diverse range of forests: from the rainforest of Kerala in the south to the alpine pastures of Ladakh in the north, from the deserts of Rajasthan in the west to the evergreen forests in the northeast.
The Uttarakhand fire tragedy has burnt down at least 1,900 hectares of forest. The area is equivalent to 3,000 football fields, except with a further thousandfold ecological impact. The fire is raging across Himalayan terrain and dense forests of various types, which are home to animals like bears and tigers, thousands of butterflies and insects, and, of course, hundreds of human communities. The fires affect each differently, and the system as a whole. Here are the five biggest impacts the fires have. The impact of forest fires is felt most by insects, who cannot withstand the high temperatures. They are unable to escape fires. The loss of insects of all kinds has a significant impact on the forest ecosystem.