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.

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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) …

  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • Diamond Creek
    Diamond Creek
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Rosanna Parklands
    Rosanna Parklands
    Fishing spider habitat
  • <em>Phrynocephalus przewalskii</em>
    Phrynocephalus przewalskii
  • <em>Dolomedes facetus</em>
    Dolomedes facetus
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    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.