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