Banerjee, Abhishek https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-4243
Meadows, E. Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-3055
Yadav, Nilesh https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9314-3485
Safarov, Mustafo https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3521-0716
Godara, Ajay https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4309-9053
Kirsten, L. Kelly https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8512-1519
Kang, Shichang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2115-9005
Article History
Received: 22 October 2024
Revised: 12 February 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 14 June 2025
Ethics Declaration
: Conflict of Interest: The author, KANG Shichang, is the editor member of Journal of Mountain Science. He was not involved in the journal’s review of, or decisions related to, this manuscript. The authors declare no conflict of interest.