Nikiwe Ndlovuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-5874,^1,2,*,** Frank H. Neumannhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3620-2742,^1,2,*** Michelle D. Henleyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1675-7388,^3,4,**** Robin M. Cookhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3828-5032,^4,5,***** Chevonne Reynoldshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-7017<sup>5,******

1</sup>Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
²Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
³Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystem Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
⁴Elephants Alive, Hoedspruit, South Africa
⁵School of Animal, Plant, and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

^*CONTACT Nikiwe Ndlovu Nikiwe.ndlovu123@gmail.com Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
^**Nikiwe Ndlovu is a palaeontology and biology graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand, with Masters research focused on pollination pathways and melissopalynology (cum laude). Nikiwe is currently a seasonal writer and on the support staff for the North West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa
^***Frank H. Neumann is a geologist and palaeontologist working as an Associate Professor in geology at North West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. He has a special interest in the palaeoecology and palynology of Southern African, Near Eastern and Central European Cenozoic strata
^****Michelle Henley has a PhD in elephant ecology and is currently conducting a second PhD in Environmental Ethics. She is the CEO, Co-founder, and Principal Researcher at Elephants Alive, Trustee of the ESAG of South Africa, Elephants for Africa and a AfESG member of the IUCN
^*****Robin Cook is the Big Trees Projects Manager at Elephants Alive, and a PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Robin's research focuses on elephant impact on large tree species within savanna systems
^******Chevonne Reynolds a landscape ecologist and ornithologist at the University of the Witwatersrand. Chevonne's research is focused on how changing landscapes affects ecological communities, specifically for birds and bees