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Greyling, Eugene https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-9545
Comley, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-7022
Mann, Gareth K. H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3031-6842
Martins, Quinton E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-3667
Hayward, Jeannie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7502-8970
Wilkinson, Anita https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-9371
Williams, Kathryn S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6890-2196
Leslie, Alison J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1683-0474
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Stellenbosch University
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Article History
Received: 31 March 2025
Accepted: 4 May 2026
First Online: 30 May 2026
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: All research activities conducted in this study were approved by the relevant institutional ethics committees and permitting authorities. Collaring procedures were carried out with ethical approval from the University of Bristol (UIN: UB/10/045) for the Cederberg, the Rhodes University Animal Ethics Committee (ZOOL-02–2010) for the Little Karoo, and the University of Cape Town Ethics Committee (2012/V34/JOR) for the Boland. Collaring permits were granted by CapeNature under permit numbers AAA-004–00592-0035, 0056-AAA004-00003, AAA007-00035–0056, and AAA007-00146–0056. All other methodologies were conducted under permit number CN44-87–15897, issued by CapeNature. Ethical clearance for the social research components of this study was obtained from the Social, Behavioural, and Education Research Ethics Committee at Stellenbosch University (Project ID/Reference number: REC-2021–21668).
