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.

Latest News: Publications, PhD Graduations, Funding Success …
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Our research projects are introduced on the Research page

• Updates and activities within each project are provided as posts categorized by project (see right)
• Posts describing recent events and other news items relevant to individual members of the ABG, or the group as a whole, are categorized under News

The ABG has worked on 3 continents and studied 50+ species. Here is a taste of some of them …

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  West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
  Northern Territory
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  Gowidon longirostris
  Northern Territory
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  Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
  South Australia
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  Ctenophorus decresii
  South Australia
• Ctenophorus vadnappa "/>
  Ctenophorus vadnappa
  South Australia
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  Gawler Ranges
  South Australia
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  Ctenophorus fionni
  South Australia
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  Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
  South Australia
• Ctenophorus pictus"/>
  Ctenophorus pictus
  Victoria, South Australia
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  Murray Sunset National Park
  Victoria
• Ctenophorus fordi"/>
  Ctenophorus fordi
  Victoria, South Australia
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  Fowlers Gap Research Station
  New South Wales
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  Zebra finches
  Victoria, New South Wales
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  Thornbills and fairy wrens
  (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
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  Croajingalong National Park
  Victoria
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  Amhibolurus muricatus
  Victoria
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  Palenque
  Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
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  Anolis parvauritus
  Palenque - Western Ecuador
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  Buenaventura
  El Oro province - Western Ecuador
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  Otonga
  Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
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  Anolis gemmosus
  Guajalito
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  Anolis gemmosus
  Manduriacu
• Anolis gemmosus "/>
  Anolis gemmosus
  Otonga
• Anolis fasciatus "/>
  Anolis fasciatus
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  Anolis princeps
  Palenque - Western Ecuador
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  Sumaco
  Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
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  Anolis scypheus
  Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
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  Anolis fitchi
  Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
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  Yasuni National Park
  Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
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  Anolis ortonii
  Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
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  Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
  Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
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  Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
  (China)
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  Phrynocephalus vlangalii
  (China)

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