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