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