Williams, Kirstin A.
Wallman, James F.
Lessard, Bryan D.
Kavazos, Christopher R. J.
Mazungula, D. Nkosinathi
Villet, Martin H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation
William Waddell Trust Fund
Article History
Accepted: 27 February 2017
First Online: 13 April 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This research was funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and William Waddell Trust Fund funded D.N. Mazungula. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and the NRF does not accept any liability in that regard.
: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All South African species used in this study are neither CITES-listed species nor endangered species according to regional Red Lists or South Africa’s Threaten or Protected Species (ToPS) legislation. As such no special sampling permission is necessary for taking samples in South Africa.