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