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