About the Authors

Krishna Prasad Acharya

kpacharya1@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, University of Hamburg, World Forestry, Leuschnerstr 91, D-21031, Hamburg, Germany

Prakash Kumar Paudel

Affiliation Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, PO Box 3323, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

Prem Raj Neupane

Affiliations University of Hamburg, World Forestry, Leuschnerstr 91, D-21031, Hamburg, Germany, Friends of Nature, Kathmandu, Nepal

Michael Köhl

Affiliation University of Hamburg, World Forestry, Leuschnerstr 91, D-21031, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KPA. Data curation: KPA PKP. Formal analysis: KPA PKP MK. Investigation: KPA PKP. Methodology: KPA PKP MK. Project administration: KPA. Resources: KPA PKP PN MK. Supervision: KPA MK. Validation: KPA PKP MK. Visualization: KPA PKP. Writing – original draft: KPA PKP MK. Writing – review & editing: KPA PKP PN MK.