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) …

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