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