ABG Alumni

PhD Students

Dr Xue (“Snow”) Bian (2019)
A New Frontier for Behavioural Biology: Quantifying the Key Role of Plant Habitats on the Signalling Strategies of Dragons


Dr Andrea Narvaez (2017)
Processes influencing community structure in Anolis lizards (Dactyloidae) from Ecuador


Dr Jose Ramos (2016)
Dragon Wars: relating signal structure and habitat characteristics in Australian Agamid lizards
Personal website


Dr Nicole Butler (2016)
Comparing the Anti-Predator Behaviour of Australian Arid-Zone Birds with a Model Species, The Zebra Finch

Research Assistants


Juan Hernandez
Video analysis, general handyman and self-appointed lizard catching expert

Undergraduate Honours Students

Liam Deans-Pope
Predatory behaviour of greyhounds
Ben Wilson
Honours Student
Population differences in ecology and behaviour of the Peninsular dragon (Ctenophorus fionni)
2019
Erin Bouckley
Honours Student
Ecology and behaviour of Victorian riparian wolf spiders (Family: Lycosidae)
Jon Salisbury Cryptic patterns of Australian dragon lizards (Family: Agamidae) 2014
Angela Simms
Do veiled chameleons (Chameleo calyptratus) use motion masquerade?
2014
(3rd year project)
Lydia Rehnberg
Environmental enrichment methods to reduce stress levels of domestic cats held in restricted environments
2013
Katy Weller
Influence of predators on the signalling behaviour of Jacky lizards (Amphibolurus muricatus)
2012
Christine Giuliano
Alarm calling in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
2012

Emma Birnbaum
The effects of abiotic factors on jumping behaviour in the ant Myrmecia croslandi.
2011