About the Authors

Niraj Poudyal

Affiliation School of Arts, Kathmandu University, Lalitpur, Nepal

Nabin Baral

nbaral@uw.edu

Affiliation School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stanley T. Asah

Affiliation School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB NP. Performed the experiments: NB NP. Analyzed the data: NP NB STA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP NB STA. Wrote the paper: NB NP STA. Designed the misspecfication tests: NP.