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) …

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

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