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) …

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