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