Publications of Chris Beachy

Cotter, J.D., A. Storfer, R.B. Page, C.K. Beachy, and S.R. Voss.  2008.   Transcriptional response of Mexican axolotls to Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) infection.  BMC Genomics 9:493. (PDF)

Page, R. B., S.R. Voss, A. K. Samuels, J. J. Smith, S. Putta, and C. K. Beachy.  2008.  Effect of thyroid hormone concentration on the transcriptional response underlying induced metamorphosis in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma).  BMC Genomics 9:78. (PDF)

Monaghan, J.R., J.A. Walker, R. Page, S. Putta, C.K. Beachy, and S.R. Voss.  2007. Early gene expression during natural spinal cord regeneration in the salamander Ambystoma mexicanum.  Journal of Neurochemistry 101:27-40. (PDF)

Page, R. B., J. R. Monaghan, A. K. Samuels, J. J. Smith, C. K. Beachy, and S. R. Voss.  2007.  Microarray analysis identifies keratin loci as sensitive biomarkers for thyroid hormone disruption in the salamander Ambystoma mexicanum.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 145:15-27.  (PDF)

Hickerson, C-A. M., E. L. Barker, and C. K. Beachy. 2005. Determinants of metamorphic timing in the black-bellied salamander, Desmognathus quadramaculatus. Southeastern Naturalist 4:33-50. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. Gyrinophilus gulolineatus. 2005. In Lannoo, M. (Ed.). Amphibian declines: The conservation status of United States species. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. Gyrinophilus palleucus. 2005. In Lannoo, M. (Ed.).  Amphibian declines: The conservation status of United States species. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. 2005. In Lannoo, M. (Ed.).  Amphibian declines: The conservation status of United States species. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. Gyrinophilus subterraneus. 2005. Pp. In Lannoo, M. (Ed.).  Amphibian declines: The conservation status of United States species. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K., and R. C. Bruce. 2003. Life history of a small form of the plethodontid salamander Desmognathus quadramaculatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 24:13-26. (PDF)

Adams, D. C., and C. K. Beachy. 2001. Morphometric variation in southern Appalachian populations of the plethodontid salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. Herpetologica 57:353-364. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 2001. Effects of growth history and thyroxine-induced acceleration on metamorphic timing in the toad Bufo americanus (Amphibia, Anura). Copeia 2001:829-834. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K., T. H. Surges, and M. Reyes. 1999. Effects of developmental and growth history on metamorphosis in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor (Amphibia, Anura). Journal of Experimental Zoology 283:522-530. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1997. Courtship behavior in the plethodontid salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. Herpetologica 54:288-296. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1997. Effects of predatory larval salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) on metamorphic parameters of prey salamanders (Eurycea wilderae) in a stream community. Copeia 1977:131-137. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1996. Reduced courtship success between parapatric populations of the plethodontid salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. Copeia 1996:199-203. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1995. Age at maturation, body size, and life-history evolution in the salamander family Plethodontidae. Herpetological Review 26:179-181. (PDF)

Voss, S. R., D. G. Smith, C. K. Beachy, and D. G. Heckel. 1995. Allozyme variation in neighboring isolated populations of the plethodontid salamander Leurognathus marmoratus. Journal of Herpetology 29:493-497. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1995. Effects of larval growth history on metamorphosis in a stream dwelling salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus). Journal of Herpetology 29:375 382. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1994. Effects of two species of predatory salamanders on a prey species of salamander in a stream community. Herpetologica 50:129-136. (PDF)

Bruce, R. C., C. K. Beachy, P. G. Lenzo, S. P. Pronych, and R. J. Wassersug. 1994. Effects of lung reduction on rheotactic performance in amphibian larvae. Journal of Experimental Zoology 268:377-380. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1993. Guild structure in streamside salamander communities: a test for interactions among larval plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Herpetology 27:465-468. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1993. Differences in variation in egg size for several species of salamanders that use different larval habitats. Brimleyana 18:1-12 (PDF)

Beachy, C. K., and R. C. Bruce. 1992. Lunglessness in plethodontid salamanders is consistent with the hypothesis of a mountain stream origin: a response to Ruben and Boucot. American Naturalist 139:839-847. (PDF)

Beachy, C. K. 1991. Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander). Predation. Herpetological Review 22:128. (PDF)