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) …

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