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) …
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
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
FloreanaGalapagos Is
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
Liopholis guthega
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
Anolis fasciatus
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Stenocercus chota
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
Stenocercus guentheri
Stenocercus cadlei
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
ThredboNSW
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
Falls CreekVictoria
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
PinzonGalapagos Is
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
PinzonGalapagos Is
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
Microlophus grayiiMale
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.