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