Peter Apps

Employment

• Botswana Predator Conservation Trust Laboratory Head
  2008 - Present

Education

• University of Pretoria Ph. D.
  1982 - 1989

Projects & Funding

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Publications (13)

• 3-Mercapto-3-methyl-1-butanol, a component of leopard urine, repels leopards and spotted hyaenas and protects livestock from leopard attacks; a series of case studies
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.14.676068
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• Patterns of scent marking by African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, at shared marking sites
  Animal Behaviour 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.10.012
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• Interpack communication in African wild dogs at long-term shared marking sites
  Animal Behaviour 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.006
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• A description of a new discovery: African wild dog packs communicate with other packs by posting scent-mark messages at a shared marking site
  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00265-022-03148-y
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• Are camera traps fit for purpose? A rigorous, reproducible and realistic test of camera trap performance
  African Journal of Ecology 2018 DOI: 10.1111/aje.12573
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• How camera traps work and how to work them
  African Journal of Ecology 2018 DOI: 10.1111/aje.12563
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• Interspecific responses of wild African carnivores to odour of 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol, a component of wildcat and leopard urine
  Journal of Ethology 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s10164-016-0503-7
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• Chemical signals in terrestrial vertebrates: search for design features
  Natural Product Reports 2015 DOI: 10.1039/C5NP00029G
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• The “tomcat compound” 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol occurs in the urine of free-ranging leopards but not in African lions or cheetahs
  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2013.12.013
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• Top marks from top dogs: tandem marking and pair bond advertisement in African wild dogs
  Animal Behaviour 2014 DOI: Top marks from top dogs: tandem marking and pair bond advertisement in African wild dogs
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