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