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