About the Authors

Wayne L. Linklater

wayne.linklater@vuw.ac.nz

Affiliations Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, Department of Zoology, Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Jay V. Gedir

Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Peter R. Law

Affiliation PRLDB Modeling, Monroe, New York, United States of America

Ron R. Swaisgood

Affiliation San Diego Zoo Global Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, California, United States of America

Keryn Adcock

Affiliation IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group, Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Pierre du Preez

Affiliation Directorate of Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia

Michael H. Knight

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Park Planning and Development, South African National Parks, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Graham I. H. Kerley

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL JG RS. Performed the experiments: WL KA PdP MK. Analyzed the data: WL JG PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WL JG PL. Wrote the paper: WL JG PL RS KA PdP MK GK. Collected, collated and evaluated the quality of multi-institutional data: WL JG KA PdP MK.