About the Authors

Ashley S. Robson

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Morgan J. Trimble

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Andrew Purdon

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Kim D. Young-Overton

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Stuart L. Pimm

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Rudi J. van Aarde

rjvaarde@zoology.up.ac.za

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Research Unit (CERU), Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ASR MJT KDY RJVA. Formal analysis: ASR MJT AP. Funding acquisition: RJVA. Methodology: ASR MJT AP KDY RJVA. Resources: RJVA. Supervision: RJVA SLP. Visualization: ASR MJT AP. Writing – original draft: ASR MJT AP SLP RJVA. Writing – review & editing: ASR MJT AP KDY SLP RJVA.