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) …

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

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