About the Authors

Alison E. Beresford

Contributed equally to this work with: Alison E. Beresford, George W. Eshiamwata

Affiliation Conservation Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

George W. Eshiamwata

Contributed equally to this work with: Alison E. Beresford, George W. Eshiamwata

Affiliation Africa Partnership Secretariat, BirdLife International, Nairobi, Kenya

Paul F. Donald

Affiliation Conservation Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Andrew Balmford

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bastian Bertzky

Affiliation United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Andreas B. Brink

Affiliation Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy

Lincoln D. C. Fishpool

Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Philippe Mayaux

Affiliation Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy

Ben Phalan

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dario Simonetti

Affiliation Reggiani SpA, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy

Graeme M. Buchanan

graeme.buchanan@rspb.org.uk

Affiliation Conservation Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest. Dario Simonetti is employed by Reggiani SpA. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GMB PFD AB BB BP PM ABB. Performed the experiments: AEB GWE. Analyzed the data: GMB PFD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GMB ABB LDCF PM DS. Wrote the paper: GMB PFD AEB AB BP BB GWE LDCF AB PM. Designed the software used in analysis: DS ABB PM.