Welcome to the Animal Behaviour Group

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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  • Updates and activities within each project are provided as posts categorized by project (see right)
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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) …

  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.