RPeters – Animal Behaviour Group

Fishing spiders: population structure and mating dynamics

This project focuses on understanding the population structure and mating dynamics of Dolomedes species (fishing spiders) found around the Melbourne

This project is all about helping conserve the endangered Guthega skink (Liopholis guthega) by encouraging genetic mixing between the Victorian

Feb 2025 | Microhabitats, morphometrics and the microbiome of Guthega Skinks Heading up to the Bogong High Plains and Mt

In this paper we review putative ecological variables that predict the occurrence of alarm calls by birds in the Australian

We report for the first time the movement-based signals of four lizards from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Abstract

We demonstrate that the visual amplitudes generated by tail flicking of Jacky lizards are larger than obvious alternative (push-ups) and

Jose quantified the motion displays of five members of the C. decresii complex (see below) in the context of their respective habitats

Ben Wilson publishes his undergraduate honours project on the Peninsula Dragon (Ctenophorus fionni) in the Australian Journal of Zoology. A

Xue (‘Snow’) Bian’s final data chapter has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. Snow used 3D animation technology to

A quick expedition to photograph Jacky lizards of the NSW south coast We had a relatively early start on 18th

The second island destination for Estefania (Tefa) Boada’s PhD work was on the island of Floreana. The island supports a much

Estefania (Tefa) Boada’s PhD work on Ecuador’s lava lizards (Microlophus sp.) continues from December 2019 and takes place in the

Snow’s second paper has been accepted by Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution. Check out the abstract below and scroll down

One of the most memorable fieldtrips of 2018 for the ABG was the few weeks we spent exploring the Kimberley

Congratulations to our collaborator A/Prof Yin Qi who has led a successful bid to the Natural Science Foundation of China