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