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