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