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