Contributors
Kanchan Thapa:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-2804
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review &
editing
Gokarna Jung Thapa: Role: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Damber Bista:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-1642
Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole:
ValidationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Shant Raj Jnawali: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Krishna Prasad Acharya: Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Kapil Khanal:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6468-6353
Role: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review &
editing
Ram Chandra Kandel: Role: Project administrationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Madhuri Karki Thapa: Role: Project administrationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Saroj Shrestha: Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Sonam Tashi Lama:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-6496
Role: InvestigationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Netra Sharma Sapkota: Role: Writing – review &
editing
Paulo Corti: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
11
December
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 12
Electronic Location Identifier: e0243450
Affiliations
[1
]
WWF Nepal, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal
[2
]
Red Panda Network, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal
[3
]
Ministry of Forests and Environment, Babarmahal, Kathmandu,
Nepal
[4
]
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Babarmahal,
Kathmandu, Nepal
[5
]
Department of Forest and Soil Conservation, Kathmandu,
Nepal
[6
]
United States Agency for International Development, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Universidad Austral de Chile, CHILE
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-20-18651
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243450
PMC ID: 7740865
PubMed ID: 33306732
SO-VID: a24826ab-8c08-4fea-a096-c574907e7ca3
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be
freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or
otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available
under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain
dedication.
History
Date
received
: 17
June
2020
Date
accepted
: 22
November
2020
Page count
Figures: 4,
Tables: 5,
Pages: 19
Funding
Funded by: This project was financially supported by the WWF/USAID/Hariyo
Ban Program
We are thankful to the USAID’s Hariyo Ban Program/WWF Nepal for
supporting this work. These funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the
manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Conservation Science
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Plants
Subject:
Grasses
Subject:
Bamboo
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Asia
Subject:
Nepal
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecosystems
Subject:
Forests
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecosystems
Subject:
Forests
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Terrestrial Environments
Subject:
Forests
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Habitats
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Habitats
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecosystems
Subject:
Forests
Subject:
Temperate Forests
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecosystems
Subject:
Forests
Subject:
Temperate Forests
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Terrestrial Environments
Subject:
Forests
Subject:
Temperate Forests
Subject:
Earth Sciences
Subject:
Hydrology
Subject:
Surface Water
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Plants
Subject:
Trees
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