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) …

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

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.