About the Authors

Alka Chaudhary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Mriganka Shekhar Sarkar

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, West Bengal, India, North-East Regional Centre, G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Bhupendra Singh Adhikari

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

adhikaribs@wii.gov.in

Affiliation Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Gopal Singh Rawat

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.