About the Authors

Lourens H. Swanepoel

Lourens.Swanepoel.Univen@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Corrie M. Swanepoel

Affiliation ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Pretoria, South Africa

Peter R. Brown

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia

Seth J. Eiseb

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

Steven M. Goodman

Affiliations Association Vahatra, BP, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United Statets of America

Mark Keith

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Management, Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa

Frikkie Kirsten

Affiliation ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

Herwig Leirs

Affiliation University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan, Antwerp, Belgium

Themb’alilahlwa A. M. Mahlaba

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland

Rhodes H. Makundi

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Phanuel Malebane

Affiliation ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

Emil F. von Maltitz

Affiliation ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

Apia W. Massawe

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Ara Monadjem

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland

Loth S. Mulungu

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Grant R. Singleton

Affiliations Crop & Environmental Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines, South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Peter J. Taylor

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa, South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value & Change, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Voahangy Soarimalala

Affiliation Association Vahatra, BP, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Steven R. Belmain

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LHS CMS PRB SRB PJT GRS HL AM. Data curation: LHS CMS. Formal analysis: LHS. Funding acquisition: SRB LHS. Investigation: LHS. Methodology: LHS CMS. Project administration: LHS CMS SRB. Resources: LHS CMS PRB SJE SMG MK FK HL TAMM RHM PM EFM AWM AM LSM GRS PJT VS SRB. Software: LHS. Supervision: LHS CMS SRB. Validation: LHS CMS. Visualization: LHS. Writing – original draft: LHS CMS. Writing – review & editing: LHS CMS PRB SJE SMG MK FK HL TAMM RHM PM EFM AWM AM LSM GRS PJT VS SRB.