About the Authors

Peter J. Taylor

peter.taylor@univen.ac.za

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa, Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban, South Africa, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Samantha Stoffberg

Affiliation Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Ara Monadjem

Affiliation All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, Swaziland

Martinus Corrie Schoeman

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Julian Bayliss

Affiliations Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust, Mulanje, Malawi, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Fenton P. D. Cotterill

Affiliation Africa Earth Observatory Network, Geoecodynamics Research Hub, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJT SS AM JB MCS FPDC. Performed the experiments: PJT SS AM MCS FPDC. Analyzed the data: PJT SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB SS FPDC. Wrote the paper: PJT SS AM MCS FPDC.