About the Authors

Sujeet Kumar Singh

‡ These authors are shared first authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

Sudhanshu Mishra

‡ These authors are shared first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

Jouni Aspi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Laura Kvist

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Parag Nigam

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

Puneet Pandey

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

Reeta Sharma

Affiliation Population and Conservation Genetics, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta, 6, P-2780–156, Oeiras, Portugal

Surendra Prakash Goyal

goyalsp@wii.gov.in

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKS SPG. Performed the experiments: SKS SM PP. Analyzed the data: SKS JA LK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPG PN. Wrote the paper: SKS RS JA LK SPG.