About the Authors

Julien Fattebert

julien.fattebert@gmail.com

Affiliations Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Guy Balme

Affiliations Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Tristan Dickerson

Affiliation Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America

Rob Slotow

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College, London, United Kingdom

Luke Hunter

Affiliations Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Competing Interests

Four authors (Julien Fattebert, Guy Balme, Tristan Dickerson and Luke Hunter) are affiliated with one of the funders, and three (Guy Balme, Tristian Dickerson and Luke Hunter) were employed by one of the funders of this research, Panthera, during the time of the study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF GB TD RS LH. Performed the experiments: JF GB TD. Analyzed the data: JF. Wrote the paper: JF GB LH. Provided editorial advice: GB RS LH.