About the Authors

Joseph O. Ogutu

jogutu2007@gmail.com

Affiliations International Livestock Research Institute, P. O. Box 30709, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya, University of Hohenheim, Institute for Crop Science, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany

Norman Owen-Smith

Affiliation Centre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, 2050, South Africa

Hans-Peter Piepho

Affiliation University of Hohenheim, Institute for Crop Science, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany

Holly T. Dublin

Affiliation IUCN ESARO, Wasaa Conservation Centre, P.O. Box 68200, Nairobi, Kenya, 00200

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HTD. Performed the experiments: HTD. Analyzed the data: JOO NOS HPP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HTD JOO NOS HPP. Wrote the paper: JOO NOS HPP HTD.