Evan Gora

Lianas increase lightning-caused disturbance severity in a tropical forest
Gora, Evan M., SA Schnitzer, PM Bitzer, JC Burchfield, C Gutierrez, and SP Yanoviak. (2026) 2023. “Lianas Increase Lightning-Caused Disturbance Severity in a Tropical Forest”. NEW PHYTOLOGIST 238 (5): 1865-1875,. doi:10.1111/nph.18856.
Tropical tree species differ in damage and mortality from lightning
Richards, Jeannine H., Evan M. Gora, Cesar Gutierrez, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, Philip M. Bitzer, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2022. “Tropical Tree Species Differ in Damage and Mortality from Lightning”. Nature Plants 8 (9). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 1007-13. doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01230-x.
The contributions of lightning to biomass turnover, gap formation and plant mortality in a tropical forest
Gora, Evan M., Phillip M. Bitzer, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, Cesar Gutierrez, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2021. “The Contributions of Lightning to Biomass Turnover, Gap Formation and Plant Mortality in a Tropical Forest”. Ecology 102 (12). Wiley. doi:10.1002/ecy.3541.
Implications of size-dependent tree mortality for tropical forest carbon dynamics
Gora, Evan M., and Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert. 2021. “Implications of Size-Dependent Tree Mortality for Tropical Forest Carbon Dynamics”. Nature Plants 7: 384–391. doi:10.1038/s41477-021-00879-0.
Pantropical geography of lightning-caused disturbance and its implications for tropical forests
Gora, Evan M., Jeffrey C. Burchfield, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Phillip M. Bitzer, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2020. “Pantropical Geography of Lightning-Caused Disturbance and Its Implications for Tropical Forests”. Global Change Biology 26: 5017– 5026. doi:10.1111/gcb.15227.
A mechanistic and empirically-supported lightning risk model for forest trees
Gora, Evan M., Helene Muller-Landau, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, Phillip M. Bitzer, S P Hubbell, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2020. “A Mechanistic and Empirically-Supported Lightning Risk Model for Forest Trees”. Journal of Ecology 108: 1956– 1966.
Lightning-caused disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon
Gora, Evan M., and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2020. “Lightning-Caused Disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon”. Biotropica 52: 813-17. doi:10.1111/btp.12826.
Lightning damage facilitates beetle colonization of tropical trees
Parlato, BP, Evan M. Gora, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2020. “Lightning Damage Facilitates Beetle Colonization of Tropical Trees”. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 113: 447–451. doi:10.1093/aesa/saaa015.
Lightning is a major cause of large tropical tree mortality in a lowland neotropical forest
Yanoviak, Stephen P., Evan M. Gora, Phillip M. Bitzer, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, H C Muller-Landau, M. Detto, S Paton, and S P Hubbell. 2020. “Lightning Is a Major Cause of Large Tropical Tree Mortality in a Lowland Neotropical Forest”. New Phytologist 225: 1936-44. doi:10.1111/nph.16260.
Do lianas shape ant communities in an early successional tropical forest?
Adams, Benjamin J., Evan M. Gora, Michiel van Breugel, Sergio Estrada-Villegas, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Jefferson S. Hall, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2019. “Do Lianas Shape Ant Communities in an Early Successional Tropical Forest?”. Biotropica 51: 885-93. doi:10.1111/btp.12709.