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