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