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) …
PinzonGalapagos Is
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
ThredboNSW
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Stenocercus chota
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Liopholis guthega
Microlophus grayiiMale
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis fasciatus
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Falls CreekVictoria
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
Stenocercus guentheri
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
PinzonGalapagos Is
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
Stenocercus cadlei
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.