About the Authors

Pim van Hooft

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pim.vanhooft@wur.nl

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Barend J. Greyling

Current address: Agricultural Research Council, Irene, South Africa

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Herbert H. T. Prins

Affiliation Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Wayne M. Getz

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Anna E. Jolles

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Zoology, Oregon State, University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Armanda D. S. Bastos

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Pv. Performed the experiments: Pv. Analyzed the data: Pv. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB. Wrote the paper: WG HP AJ Pv AB BG.