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.
Latest News: Publications, PhD Graduations, Funding Success …
Posts: View recent posts, posts by categories or tags – see sidebar. Plus here is an A-Z listing of all posts.
Our research projects are introduced on the Research page
- Updates and activities within each project are provided as posts categorized by project (see right)
- Posts describing recent events and other news items relevant to individual members of the ABG, or the group as a whole, are categorized under News
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) …
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
Falls CreekVictoria
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Liopholis guthega
PinzonGalapagos Is
Stenocercus cadlei
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
PinzonGalapagos Is
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
ThredboNSW
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
Stenocercus guentheri
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Stenocercus chota
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Microlophus grayiiMale
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Anolis fasciatus
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.