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