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