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