About the Authors

Adrian Patrut

apatrut@gmail.com

Affiliation Faculty of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, Babeş-Bolyai University, Arany Janos 11, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Stephan Woodborne

Affiliation iThemba Laboratories, Box 722, Somerset West, South Africa

Karl F. von Reden

Affiliation NOSAMS Facility, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Grant Hall

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Michele Hofmeyr

Affiliation SANParks Scientific Services, Pvt Bag x402, Skukuza, South Africa

Daniel A. Lowy

Affiliation Nova University, 5000 Dawes Ave., Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Roxana T. Patrut

Affiliation Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Gh. Bilascu 44, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP. Performed the experiments: AP SW KFVR GH MH RTP. Analyzed the data: AP SW KFVR GH DAL RTP. Wrote the paper: AP.