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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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) …

  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Phrynocephalus przewalskii</em>
    Phrynocephalus przewalskii
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • Diamond Creek
    Diamond Creek
    Fishing spider habitat
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • <em>Dolomedes facetus</em>
    Dolomedes facetus
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • 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
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Rosanna Parklands
    Rosanna Parklands
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia

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