Evan Gora

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.
Dead wood necromass in a moist tropical forest: Stocks, fluxes, and spatiotemporal variability
Gora, Evan M., Riley C Kneale, Markku Larjavaara, and H C Muller-Landau. 2019. “Dead Wood Necromass in a Moist Tropical Forest: Stocks, Fluxes, and Spatiotemporal Variability”. Ecosystems 22: 1189-1205.
Dispersal and nutrient limitations of decomposition above the forest floor: Evidence from experimental manipulations of epiphytes and macronutrients
Gora, Evan M., and Jane M. Lucas. 2019. “Dispersal and Nutrient Limitations of Decomposition above the Forest Floor: Evidence from Experimental Manipulations of Epiphytes and Macronutrients”. Functional Ecology 33. Wiley Online Library: 2417-29. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13440.
Microbial composition and wood decomposition rates vary with microclimate from the ground to the canopy in a tropical forest
Gora, Evan M., Jane M. Lucas, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2019. “Microbial Composition and Wood Decomposition Rates Vary With Microclimate from the Ground to the Canopy in a Tropical Forest”. Ecosystems 22: 1206-19.