La Trobe University | Melbourne (Australia)
Research in the Animal Behaviour Group (ABG) covers broad interests in animal behaviour, with both theoretical and applied benefits. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of animal signals in the light of sensory system function and evolutionary processes covering vibratory, acoustic and movement-based visual signals.
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The ABG has worked on 3 continents and studied 50+ species. Here is a taste of some of them (hover over an image to pause the slider) …
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Anolis fasciatus
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Liopholis guthega
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
Stenocercus cadlei
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
Stenocercus guentheri
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Falls CreekVictoria
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
FloreanaGalapagos Is
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
ThredboNSW
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
FloreanaGalapagos Is
PinzonGalapagos Is
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
Microlophus grayiiMale
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Stenocercus chota
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
FloreanaGalapagos Is
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
PinzonGalapagos Is
Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.