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