Welcome to the Animal Behaviour Group

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) …

  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.