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) …
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
ChimborazoTropical Andes, Ecuador
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Stenocercus chota
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
SantiagoGalapagos Is
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
Anolis fasciatus
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
ThredboNSW
Liopholis guthega
Microlophus grayiiMale
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
FloreanaGalapagos Is
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
PinzonGalapagos Is
Stenocercus cadlei
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
Stenocercus guentheri
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Falls CreekVictoria
PinzonGalapagos Is
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.