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Shrader, A.M.; Adcock, K.; Brett, R.; Dewhurst, C.; Duthe, V.; Kock, R.; Landman, M.; Law, P.R.; Plotz, R.D.; Shaw, J. 2025. Black Rhino Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758). [chapter 4]. In: Melletti, M.; Talukdar, B.; Balfour, D. 2025. Rhinos of the world: ecology, conservation and management. Berlin, Springer. pp. 71-92. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67169-2_4

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L. 2020. Oxpeckers help rhinos evade humans. Current Biology 30 (10): 1965-1969.e2 - j.cub.2020.03.015. doi.org/10.1016/

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 2017: 1-17.

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

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 [e0150571. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150571]

Hayward, M.W.; Ripple, W.J.; Plotz, R.D.; Garnett, S.T. 2016. Don't bank African rhinos in Australia. Nature 534: 475.

Plotz, R.D. 2014. From PhD research on African rhino to traditional climate knowledge work in the South Pacific. Post modified from the media release issued by Victoria University of Wellington Communications & Marketing. pp. 1-3.

Plotz, R.D. 2014. The interspecific relationships of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington. pp. 1-201.

Plotz, R.D. 2012. Burdened beast. Australian Geographic May-June 2012: 16-17.

Plotz, R.D. 2012. The rhino’s blood-thirsty guards: black rhinoceros and red-billed oxpeckers in a novel parasitic-mutualism. Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series 2012. p.1.

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L. 2011. Interaction biodiversity underpins a novel parasitic-mutualism between black rhinoceros and red-billed oxpeckers. Proceedings of 25th International Confress of Conservation Biology, 2011 Auckland. p. 130.

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L. 2010. Red-billed oxpeckers really do increase predator awareness in black rhinoceros. Proceedings of the International Behavioral Ecology Congress (ISBE), Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Western Australia, 1st October. p. 133.

Linklater, W.L.; Plotz, R.D.; Kerley, G.H.I.; Brashares, J.S.; Lent, P.C.; Cameron, E.Z.; Law, P.R.; Hitchins, P.M. 2010. Dissimilar home range estimates for black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis cannot be used to infer habitat change. Oryx 44 (1): 16-18.

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L. 2010. Interpreting and applying home range data: a case study with black rhinoceros. Proceedings of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society Annual Conference 2010 (Torquay): 27.

Plotz, R.D. 2010. African passion. Australian Geographic February 2010: 32-33.

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L. 2009. Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) calf succumbs after lion predation attempt: implications for conservation management. African Zoology 44 (2): 283–287.

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L.; Kerley, G.I.H. 2008. The reproductive performance and ecology of black rhinoceros. Aardvark no. 20: 3-4.

Plotz, R.D.; Linklater, W.L. 2008. Are black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis home range sizes in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park increasing in response to deteriorating range condition?. Proceedings of the KwaZulu-Natal Conservation Symposium (Conservation in Practice), Queen Elizabeth Park, Pietermaritzburg, 25-27 Nov 2008. p.17.