Carbonated tiger-high above-ground biomass carbon stock in protected areas and corridors and its observed negative relationship with tiger population density and occupancy in the Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal

• Kanchan Thapa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kanchan Thapa, Gokarna Jung Thapa

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

  * E-mail: kanchan.thapa@wwfnepal.org

  Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-2804

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• Gokarna Jung Thapa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kanchan Thapa, Gokarna Jung Thapa

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Ugan Manandhar,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current Address: British Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Maheshwar Dhakal,

  Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Shant Raj Jnawali,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Tek Narayan Maraseni

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

  Affiliation University of Southern Queensland, Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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