About the Authors

Victor K. Muposhi

vkmuposhi@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Private Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Edson Gandiwa

Affiliation School of Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Private Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Paul Bartels

Affiliation Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

Stanley M. Makuza

Affiliation School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Private Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Tinaapi H. Madiri

Affiliation Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, PO Box CY140, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: VKM PB EG. Data curation: VKM THM. Formal analysis: VKM EG. Funding acquisition: VKM. Investigation: VKM THM. Methodology: VKM EG. Project administration: EG SMM PB. Resources: VKM EG PB SMM. Supervision: EG PB SMM. Validation: EG PB SMM. Visualization: VKM EG. Writing – original draft: VKM EG PB SM. Writing – review & editing: VKM EG PB SMM THM.