De, Rahul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4518-9607
Sharma, Reeta http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-9218
Nigam, Parag http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9472-6897
Williams, Amirtharaj Christy
Habib, Bilal http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-6214
Goyal, Surendra Prakash http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2284-8796
Funding for this research was provided by:
project elephant division, ministry of environment, forests and climate change, new delhi, india
asian rhino and elephant action strategy, wwf-nepal
operation eye of the tiger, dehradun, india
university grants commission
Article History
Accepted: 15 August 2023
First Online: 11 September 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they do not have any competing interests.
: We obtained permission for the collection of non-invasive faecal samples from Uttarakhand Forest Department vide letter nos. 2477/5-6 dated 2nd May 2013 and 3143/5-6 dated 2nd May 2016.
: Not applicable.
: All authors approved and consented to the submission of the final draft manuscript.