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