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