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) …
Rosanna ParklandsFishing spider habitat
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
ThredboNSW
Liopholis guthega
Phrynocephalus przewalskii
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
FloreanaGalapagos Is
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
Tengger DesertMinqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
Diamond CreekFishing spider habitat
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
PinzonGalapagos Is
Stenocercus chota
Waterhole adjacent to Yarra RiverFishing spider habitat
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Dolomedes facetus
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Stenocercus cadlei
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Anolis fasciatus
Falls CreekVictoria
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
PinzonGalapagos Is
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
Microlophus grayiiMale
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Tengger DesertMinqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
Stenocercus guentheri
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.