About the Authors

Paul J. Funston

funstonpj@tut.ac.za

Affiliation Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

Rosemary J. Groom

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa, African Wildlife Conservation Fund, Doral, Florida, United States of America

Peter A. Lindsey

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Panthera Foundation, New York City, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJF RJG. Performed the experiments: PJF RJG. Analyzed the data: PJF RJG PAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJF RJG. Wrote the paper: PJF RJG PAL.