Assessment of genetic diversity, population structure, and gene flow of tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) across Nepal's Terai Arc Landscape

• Kanchan Thapa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kanchan Thapa, Dibesh Karmacharya

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Conservation Science Unit, WWF Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Sulochana Manandhar,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali-11, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Manisha Bista,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali-11, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Jivan Shakya,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali-11, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Govind Sah,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali-11, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Maheshwar Dhakal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Netra Sharma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Environment Team, U.S. Agency for International Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Bronwyn Llewellyn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Environment Team, U.S. Agency for International Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Claudia Wultsch,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation American Natural History Museum, New York City, New York, United States of America

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• Lisette P. Waits,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

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• Marcella J. Kelly,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Jean-Marc Hero,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

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• Jane Hughes,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

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• Dibesh Karmacharya

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kanchan Thapa, Dibesh Karmacharya

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dibesh@cmdn.org

  Affiliations Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali-11, Kathmandu, Nepal, School of Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-6737

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