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