ABG Alumni

Postdocs

Dr Jose Ramos
ARC Funded Postdoc (2017-2019)
Quantifying environmental constraints on animal behaviour
Dr Xue Bian
Externally funded postdoc
Using 3D animation technology for understanding motion signals in Asian agamid lizards of the genus Phrynocephalus

PhD Students

Dr Jose Ramos (2016)
Dragon Wars: relating signal structure and habitat characteristics in Australian Agamid lizards
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Dr Nicole Butler (2016)
Comparing the Anti-Predator Behaviour of Australian Arid-Zone Birds with a Model Species, The Zebra Finch
Dr Andrea Narvaez (2017)
Processes influencing community structure in Anolis lizards (Dactyloidae) from Ecuador
Dr Jon Salisbury (2023)
Laughing kookaburra, hidden dragon: dorsal camouflage pattern variation, change and substrate choice of Jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus) from the perspective of avian predators
Dr Xue Bian (2019)
A new frontier for behavioural biology: quantifying the key role of plant habitats on the signalling strategies of dragons
Dr Bhagya Herath (2021)
Multidimensional Ccomplexity of communication signals of a model anuran, Litoria fallax (Pelodryadidae), amid genetic, ecological and social constraints
Dr Estefania Boada (2021)
Behavioural partitioning of mainland and island lava lizard assemblages in Ecuador

Research Assistants / Volunteers

Juan Hernandez
Research assistant
Video analysis, general handyman and self-appointed lizard catching expert
Erin Bouckley
Undergraduate Student
Ecology and behaviour of Victorian riparian wolf spiders (Family: Lycosidae)

Undergraduate (Honours) Students

James Coles
Honours Student
Assemblage of ground active invertebrates and ecosystem services in grazing agroecosystems
2024
Liam Deans-Pope
Honours Student
Predatory behaviour of greyhounds
2020
Ben Wilson
Honours Student
Population differences in ecology and behaviour of the Peninsular dragon (Ctenophorus fionni)
2019
Jon Salisbury
Honours Student
Cryptic patterns of Australian dragon lizards (Family: Agamidae)
2014
Angela Simms
Undergraduate student
Do veiled chameleons (Chameleo calyptratus) use motion masquerade?
2014
(3rd year project)
Lydia Rehnberg
Honours Student
Environmental enrichment methods to reduce stress levels of domestic cats held in restricted environments
2013
Katy Weller
Honours Student
Influence of predators on the signalling behaviour of Jacky lizards (Amphibolurus muricatus)
2012
Christine Giuliano
Honours Student
Alarm calling in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
2012
Emma Birnbaum
Honours Student
The effects of abiotic factors on jumping behaviour in the ant Myrmecia croslandi.
2011