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