Evolution
Pigment physiology
Senescence
Science communication
Keywords: coloration, evolutionary ecology, pigments, senescence, scicomm
Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College
B.A. in Zoology from Indiana University Bloomington
Undergraduate students are underlined.
Maki, Erik T., Georgina Jaimes, and Beth A. Reinke. Water turbidity and plant density influence painted turtle shell shape. Herpetologica 79(3). DOI: .
Horn, Kelsey, Grascen Shidemantle, Isabela Velasquez, Emily Ronan, Jurnee Blackwood, Beth A. Reinke, and Jessica Hua. 2023. Evaluating the interactive effects of artificial light at night and background color on tadpole crypsis, background adaptation efficacy, and growth. Environmental Pollution (2023): 122056.
McKnight, Donald T….Paige Boban…Beth A. Reinke…and 25 other authors. Nocturnal basking in freshwater turtles: a global assessment. 2023. Global Ecology and Conservation. DOI:
Reinke, Beth A…. Bronikowski, A., and David Miller (+112 authors). Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity. 2022. Science 376 (6600): 1459-1466. DOI: 10.1126/science.abm0151
Reinke, Beth A., David Miller, and Fredric Janzen. 2019. What have long-term studies taught us about population dynamics? Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 50:11.1-11.18. Invited. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110218-024717.
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