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