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) …

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

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