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