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