Welcome to the Animal Behaviour Group

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) …

  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Fishing spider habitat
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Dolomedes facetus</em>
    Dolomedes facetus
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • Diamond Creek
    Diamond Creek
    Fishing spider habitat
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Rosanna Parklands
    Rosanna Parklands
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Phrynocephalus przewalskii</em>
    Phrynocephalus przewalskii
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.