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