Bhavan, Sreekanth Giri
Sini, Keerthana Prakash
Kumar, Akshay A.
Gopan, Soorya
Biju Kumar, Arunima
Shaji, Shamini Mettincy
Bella, Kiranya
Article History
Received: 28 August 2024
Revised: 5 April 2025
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 16 June 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable. No animal testing was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements, if applicable.
: Sreekanth Giri Bhavan and Keerthana P S: conceptualization, methodology, data collection, data curation, investigation, resources, manuscript preparation, writing—review and editing. Akshay A Kumar: writing—review and editing. Soorya Gopan, Arunima B and Shamini M S: sampling and data collection. Kiranya Bella: resources, manuscript preparation, writing—review and editing. All authors read and approved the manuscript and have given consent for the article to be communicated to the journal.