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