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) …
Yasuni National ParkFrancisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
Ctenophorus vadnappaSouth Australia
Stenocercus cadlei
Ctenophorus pictusVictoria, South Australia
PalenqueLos Rios province - Western Ecuador
El Angel Ecological ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Anolis fitchiEastern Ecuador (Napo)
ThredboNSW
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Croajingalong National ParkVictoria
Anolis gemmosusGuajalito
Microlophus grayiiMale
Murray Sunset National ParkVictoria
Xiamen Conservation Station (China)Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
Thornbills and fairy wrens(clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
Anolis gemmosusManduriacu
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
BuenaventuraEl Oro province - Western Ecuador
PinzonGalapagos Is
FloreanaGalapagos Is
San CristóbalGalapagos Is
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Ctenophorus fordiVictoria, South Australia
OtongaCotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
Ngarkat Conservation ReserveSouth Australia
Anolis gemmosusOtonga
Anolis princepsPalenque - Western Ecuador
Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)South Australia
Microlophus jacobiSantiago
Liopholis guthega
Stenocercus guentheri
Ctenophorus fionniSouth Australia
West MacDonnell Ranges National ParkNorthern Territory
MiraTropical Andes, Ecuador
Cotopaxi National ParkTropical Andes, Ecuador
Gawler RangesSouth Australia
Gowidon longirostrisNorthern Territory
Madrigal of Podocarpus ReserveTropical Andes, Ecuador
Paramo ecosystemTropical Andes, Ecuador
PinzonGalapagos Is
Anolis fasciatus
SantiagoGalapagos Is
Microlophus grayiiFemale (L) and Male (R)
Zebra finchesVictoria, New South Wales
Anolis ortoniiEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Ctenophorus decresiiSouth Australia
Anolis parvauritusPalenque - Western Ecuador
Amhibolurus muricatusVictoria
FloreanaGalapagos Is
SumacoNapo province - Eastern Ecuador
Fowlers Gap Research StationNew South Wales
FloreanaGalapagos Is
Anolis scypheusEastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
Microlophus duncanensisGalapagos Is
Phrynocephalus vlangalii(China)
Stenocercus chota
Falls CreekVictoria
Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve(China)
FloreanaGalapagos Is
ChimborazoTropical Andes, 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.