Welcome to the Animal Behaviour Group

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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  • Updates and activities within each project are provided as posts categorized by project (see right)
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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) …

  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western 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.