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