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