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