Welcome to the Animal Behaviour Group

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) …

  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.