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

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.