Singh, Aanchal https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3116-377X
Sharma, Nitika
Kumar, Jitendra
Meena, Rajendra K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-7349
Bhandari, Maneesh S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-7048
Barthwal, Santan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-9692
Ginwal, Harish S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1751-1195
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), New Delhi, Government of India (GoI) under National Compensatory Afforestation Fund (75/2019/ICFRE (R)/RP/SFRESPE (CAMPA)/AICRP-2/FRI/Main File/365)
Article History
Received: 12 November 2025
Accepted: 19 January 2026
First Online: 4 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All necessary permissions were obtained for sample collection from concerned state forest department.