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