About the Authors

Penelope J. Mograbi

penny.mograbi@gmail.com

Affiliations Restoration and Conservation Biology Research Group, School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Centre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Barend F. N. Erasmus

Contributed equally to this work with: Barend F. N. Erasmus, E. T. F. Witkowski, Gregory P. Asner, Konrad J. Wessels, Renaud Mathieu

Affiliation Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

E. T. F. Witkowski

Contributed equally to this work with: Barend F. N. Erasmus, E. T. F. Witkowski, Gregory P. Asner, Konrad J. Wessels, Renaud Mathieu

Affiliation Restoration and Conservation Biology Research Group, School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Gregory P. Asner

Contributed equally to this work with: Barend F. N. Erasmus, E. T. F. Witkowski, Gregory P. Asner, Konrad J. Wessels, Renaud Mathieu

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Konrad J. Wessels

Contributed equally to this work with: Barend F. N. Erasmus, E. T. F. Witkowski, Gregory P. Asner, Konrad J. Wessels, Renaud Mathieu

Affiliations Remote Sensing Research Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, University of Pretoria, Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Meteorology, Pretoria, South Africa

Renaud Mathieu

Contributed equally to this work with: Barend F. N. Erasmus, E. T. F. Witkowski, Gregory P. Asner, Konrad J. Wessels, Renaud Mathieu

Affiliations Ecosystems Earth Observations, Natural Resources & Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa, University of Pretoria, Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Meteorology, Pretoria, South Africa

David E. Knapp

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Roberta E. Martin

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Russell Main

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Ecosystems Earth Observations, Natural Resources & Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJM BFNE ETFW GPA KJW R. Mathieu. Performed the experiments: PJM GPA R. Mathieu DEK REM R.Main. Analyzed the data: PJM DEK R. Main. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BFNE GPA ETFW. Wrote the paper: PJM BFNE ETFW GPA KJW R. Mathieu. Logistics: REM.