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