About the Authors

Tej B. Basnet

tejbasnet@gmail.com

Affiliation Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal

Maan B. Rokaya

Affiliations Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Zamek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Department of Biodiversity Research, Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Bělidla 4a, 603 00, Brno, Czech Republic

Bishnu P. Bhattarai

Affiliation Birendra Multiple Campus, Tribuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal

Zuzana Münzbergová

Affiliations Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Zamek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benatska 2, 128 01, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBB. Performed the experiments: TBB. Analyzed the data: MBR ZM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TBB MBR ZM. Wrote the paper: TBB MBR BPB ZM.