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