Whyte, J. R. D.
McKechnie, A. E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-1021
Crossley, J. K.
Cunningham, S. J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-2585
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (204221942)
University of Pretoria
Article History
Received: 25 April 2025
Accepted: 19 March 2026
First Online: 6 April 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interests.
: This research was conducted under ethical clearance from the Animal Ethics Committees of the University of Cape Town (protocol 2021/V7/SC2/A), the University of Pretoria (protocol NAS062/2021) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (protocol P2021-06). The study was carried out on private land with permission of the landowners and the Northern Cape Department of Environment and Nature Conservation of South Africa (permit FAUNA 0434/2021).