Publications

Publications from members of the Animal Behaviour Group

Papers from recent years (2021 to present)

  • Bian, X., Zhao, W., Qi, Y. and Peters, R. (2025), Tail Tales: How Ecological Context Mediates Signal Effectiveness in a Lizard. Integrative Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12943
  • Guerra-Correa ES, Coles J and Ayala-Varela F. (2025). Nesting behaviour and egg hatching success of the endemic lizard Stenocercus cadlei Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013 inhabiting the slopes of Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador. Herpetology Notes, 18, 199-202.
  • Tanha R, Hemmi JM, Jessop A-L, Marshall AT, Peters RA, Steinbauer MJ. (2025) Form-function relationships of the compound eyes and sensory sensilla of a tiny arboreal hemipteran herbivore: adaptations for close encounters with leaves. Arthropod Structure & Development, 84, 101407.
  • Humphrey JE, Barker RG, Elgar W, Elkington J, Elmes H, Fettes CR, Karu J, Mendes A, Morris E, Omond SET, Slade J Peters RA (2025). Ducks in a row: the incidence of aggression and vigilance behaviour in Australian wood ducks (Chenonetta jubata) along an urbanisation gradient, Emu – Austral Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2025.2503914
  • Moreno-Buitrón, I.J., Boada-Viteri, E., Guayasamin, J.M. et al. Aliens on the menu: high prevalence of introduced ants in the diet of Galápagos lava lizards, Microlophus spp.. Biol Invasions (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03421-3
  • Dubiner, S., Aguilar, R., Anderson, R. O., Arenas Moreno, D. M., Avila, L. J., Boada-Viteri, E., Castillo, M., Chapple, D. G., Chukwuka, C. O., Cree, A., Cruz, F. B., Colli, G. R., Das, I., Delaugerre, M.-J., Du, W.-G., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Doan, T. M., Escudero, P., Farquhar, J. … Meiri, S. (2024). A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–18. [https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13808]
  • Peters RA, Ramos JA (2023). Interpreting animal behaviors – a cautionary note about swaying in phasmids. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1065789.
  • Lin Y, Qiu X, Fu J, Peters R, Qi Y (2023). Testing the factors on the evolution of movement-based visual signal complexity in an Asian agamid lizard. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 77, 135.
  • Guerra-Correa ES & Bustos M (2023). Stenocercus chota (Chota Whortail Iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review, 54, 669-670.
  • Peters RA, Ramos JA (2022). Properties of an attention-grabbing motion signal: a comparison of tail and body movements in a lizard. Journal of Comparative Physiology A  208, 373-385.
  • Peters RA, Ramos JA (2022). Movement-based signalling by four species of dragon lizard (Family: Agamidae) from the Kimberley region of WA. Australian Journal of Zoology 69, 102-111.
  • Butler NE, Watson SJ, Peters RA (2022). Life history characteristics and alarm calling in Australian arid-zone birds. Emu – Austral Ornithology 122, 155-166.
  • Ramos JA, Peters RA (2021). Territorial displays of the Ctenophorus decresii complex: a story of local adaptations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 731705.
  • Qiu, X., Hu, Q., Peters, R. et al. (2021). Unraveling the content of tail displays in an Asian agamid lizard. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 75, 117.
  • Wilson BC, Ramos JA, Peters RA (2021). Intraspecific variation in behaviour and ecology in a territorial agamid, Ctenophorus fionni. Australian Journal of Zoology.

All papers grouped by focal species

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