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Staegemann, E.S.M.; Kuiper, T.; Druce, D.J.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Mbongwa, S.; Cromsigt, J.P.G.M. 2026. Resource availability and human activity shape the landscape distribution of white rhinoceros, a highly threatened African megaherbivore. Oecologia 208:31: 1-12. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05845-7
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Britnell, J.A.; Yichun Zhu; Shultz, S.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2023. Ecological marginalization is widespread and increases extinction risk in mammals. PNAS 120 (3) e2205315120: 1-8. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205315120
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Hyvarinen, O.; Te Beest, M.; Roux, E. Le; Kerley, G.I.H.; Findlay, N.; Schenkeveld, W.D.C.; Trouw, V.; Cromsigt, J.P.G.M. 2023. Grazing in a megagrazer-dominated savanna does not reduce soil carbon stocks, even at high intensities. Oikos 2023 (9) e09809: 1-21. doi.org/10.1111/oik.09809
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Monsarrat, S.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2022. Shifted models cannot be used for predicting responses of biodiversity to global change: the African elephant as an example. African Zoology 57: 1-4.
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Hyvarinen, O.; Te Beest, M.; Le Roux, E.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Groot, E. de; Vinita, R.; Cromsigt, J.P.G.M. 2021. Megaherbivore impacts on ecosystem and Earth system functioning: the current state of the science. Ecography 44: 1-15.
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Monsarrat, S.; Novellie, P.; Rushworth, I.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2019. Shifted distribution baselines: neglecting long-term biodiversity records risks overlooking potentially suitable habitat for conservation management. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374: 20190215 (pp. 1-11).
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Monsarrat, S.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2018. Charismatic species of the past: Biases in reporting of large mammals in historical written sources. Biological Conservation 223: 68-75.
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Monsarrat, S.; Boshoff, A.F.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2018. Accessibility maps as a tool to predict sampling bias in historical biodiversity occurrence records. Ecography 41: 1-12.
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Hayward, M.W.; Ripple, W.J.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Landman, M.; Plotz, R.D.; Garnett, S.T. 2017. Neocolonial conservation: is moving rhinos to Australia conservation or intellectual property loss?. Conservation Letters 11 (1): 1-17. doi.org/10.1111/conl.12354
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Plotz, R.D.; Grecian, W.J.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Linklater, W.L. 2017. Too close and too far: quantifying black rhino displacement and location error during research. African Journal of Wildlife Research 47 (1): 47-58. doi.org/10.3957/056.047.0047
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Everatt, K.T.; Andresen, L.; Ripple, W.J.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2016. Write back: Rhino poaching may cause atypical trophic cascades. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14 (2): 65-67.
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Boshoff, A.F.; Landman, M.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2016. Filling the gaps on the maps: historical distribution patterns of some of the larger mammals in part of southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 71 (1): 23-87.
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Plotz, R.D.; Grecian, W.J.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Linklater, W.L. 2016. Standardising home range studies for improved management of the critically endangered black rhinoceros. PLoS ONE 11 (3): 1-17. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150571
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Ripple, W.J.; Newsome, T.M.; Wolf, C.; Dirzo, R.; Everatt, K.T.; Galetti, M.; Hayward, M.W.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Levi, T.; Lindsey, P.A.; Macdonald, D.W.; et al. 2015. Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores [with supplementary material]. Science Advances 1 (4): 1-12, 1-19. doi.org/10.112/sciadv.1400103
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Boshoff, A.F.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2015. Lost herds of the Highveld: evidence from the written, historical Record. African Journal of Wildlife Research 45 (3): 287-300.
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Landman, M.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2014. Elephant both increase and decrease availability of browse resources for black rhinoceros. Biotropica 46 (1): 42-49.
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Maciejewski, K.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2014. Understanding tourists’ preference for mammal species in private protected areas: is there a case for extralimital species for ecotourism. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88192. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088192: 1-8.
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Landman, M.; Schoeman, D.S.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2013. Shift in Black Rhinoceros diet in the presence of elephant: evidence for competition?. PLoS ONE 8 (7) e69771: 1-8. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069771
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Stringer, A.P.; Smith, D.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Linklater, W.L. 2013. Reducing sampling error in faecal egg counts from black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3: 1-5.
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Boshoff, A.F.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2013. Historical incidence of the larger mammals in the Free State Province (South Africa) and Lesotho. Port Elizabeth, Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. pp. i-xvi, 1-461.
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Linklater, W.L.; Gedir, J.V.; Law, P.R.; Swaisgood, R.R.; Adcock, K.; Du Preez, P.; Knight, M.H.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2012. Translocations as experiments in the ecological resilience of an asocial mega-herbivore. PLoS One 7 (1) (e30664): 1-6.
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Linklater, W.L.; Adcock, K.; Swaisgood, R.R.; Law, P.R.; Knight, M.H.; Gedir, J.V.; Du Preez, P.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2011. Guidelines for large herbivore translocation simplified: black rhinoceros case study. Journal of Applied Ecology 48 (2): 493-502.
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Skead, C.J.; Boshoff, A.F.; Kerley, G.I.H.; Lloyd, P.H. 2011. Historical incidence of the larger land mammals in the broader Northern and Western Cape, 2nd edition. Port Elizabeth, Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. pp. i, i-xiv, 1-519.
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Maciejewski, K.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2011. What is the value to the stocking of extralimital species to ecotourism?. Proceedings of Symposium "The human-natural resource interface" (Southern African Wildlife Management Association) 18-21 September 2011: 12.
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