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