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) …

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

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