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