About the Authors

Richard K. B. Jenkins

Affiliations School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom, Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Aidan Keane

Affiliation School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo

Affiliation Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Victor Rakotomboavonjy

Affiliation Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Felicien H. Randrianandrianina

Affiliation Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar

H. Julie Razafimanahaka

Affiliation Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Sylvain R. Ralaiarimalala

Affiliation Madagasikara Voakajy, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Julia P. G. Jones

julia.jones@bangor.ac.uk

Affiliation School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts to declare: The authors received funding from a commercial source (Ambatovy minerals) during this study. Ambatovy funded some of the field work (although less than 10% of the total) and Ambatovy are funding some ongoing work on bushmeat hunting by the authors. The authors have full support from Ambatovy (and the authors' other funders) in making the anonymised data fully available. The support from Ambatovy does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKBJ HJR JPGJ. Performed the experiments: RKBJ HJR AR VR FHR SR. Analyzed the data: AK JPGJ. Wrote the paper: JPGJ RKBJ AK HJR.