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