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) …

  • 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
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • <em>Dolomedes facetus</em>
    Dolomedes facetus
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Phrynocephalus przewalskii</em>
    Phrynocephalus przewalskii
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • Diamond Creek
    Diamond Creek
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Rosanna Parklands
    Rosanna Parklands
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    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.