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