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