About the Authors

Monika B. Lehmann

FunstonPJ@TUT.ac.za (PJF); keriresearch@mweb.co.za

Affiliations Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, K.e.r.i. Research, Ecological Institute of Research, Schagen, South Africa

Paul J. Funston

FunstonPJ@TUT.ac.za (PJF); keriresearch@mweb.co.za

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

Cailey R. Owen

Affiliations K.e.r.i. Research, Ecological Institute of Research, Schagen, South Africa, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Rob Slotow

Affiliation School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBL CRO. Performed the experiments: MBL CRO. Analyzed the data: MBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRO. Wrote the paper: MBL. Contributed by editing the paper: CRO. Acted as the first author's study supervisor: PJF. Guided the analysis process: PJF RS. Edited the paper: PJF CRO RS.