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