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) …
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
FloreanaGalapagos Is
ThredboNSW
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Rosanna ParklandsFishing spider habitat
Waterhole adjacent to Yarra RiverFishing spider habitat
PinzonGalapagos Is
Stenocercus guentheri
Tengger DesertMinqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
Falls CreekVictoria
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Diamond CreekFishing spider habitat
Stenocercus cadlei
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
Liopholis guthega
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Anolis fasciatus
Tengger DesertMinqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
PinzonGalapagos Is
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
Microlophus grayiiMale
FloreanaGalapagos Is
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Stenocercus chota
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
Phrynocephalus przewalskii
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
Dolomedes facetus
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)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.