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) …

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