Mary Ann Ottinger,^1,* André Botha,² Ralph Buij,³ Brent Coverdale,⁴ Meredith L. Gore,⁵ Reginal M. Harrell,⁶ James Hassell,⁷ Sonja Krüger,⁸ Christopher J. W. McClure,⁹ Jennifer M. Mullinax,⁶ L. Jen Shaffer,¹⁰ Hanneline Smit-Robinson,¹¹ Lindy J. Thompson,¹² Linda Van Den Heever,¹³ William W. Bowerman<sup>14

1</sup>Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 20742 USA
²Endangered Wldlife Trust, Private Bag X11, Modderfontein, 1685, South Africa
³The Peregrine Fund, 5668 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, ID 83709 USA and Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3A, 6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands
⁴Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, Conservation Services Division, PO Box 13053, Cascades, 3202, South Africa
⁵Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
⁶Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, 1426 Animal Science/Agricultural Engineering Building, College Park, MD 20742 USA
⁷Global Health Program, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC 20008 USA
⁸Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, Conservation Services Division, PO Box 13053, Cascades, 3202, South Africa and Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3201, South Africa
⁹The Peregrine Fund, 5668 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, ID 83709 USA and School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa
¹⁰Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, 1111 Woods Hall, 4302 Chapel Lane, College Park, MD
¹¹BirdLife South Africa, Private Bag X16, Pinegowrie, 2123, South Africa and Applied Behavioural Ecological & Ecosystem Research Unit, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa
¹²Endangered Wildlife Trust, Private Bag X11, Modderfontein, 1685, South Africa and Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3201, South Africa
¹³BirdLife South Africa, Private Bag X16, Pinegowrie, 2123, South Africa and Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
¹⁴Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, 1426 Animal Science/Agriculture Engineering Building, College Park, MD 20742 USA

^*Email address: maotting@central.uh.edu