Evan Gora

Patterns and inferred causes of liana mortality in a tropical forest
Gora, Evan M., David M. DeFillipis, and Stefan A. Schnitzer. 2024. “Patterns And Inferred Causes Of Liana Mortality In A Tropical Forest”. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2025). The Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.0808.
Mutualisms weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands
Delavaux, CS, TW Crowther, JD Bever, P Weigelt, and Evan M. Gora. (2024 FEB 28AD) 2024. “Mutualisms Weaken The Latitudinal Diversity Gradient Among Oceanic Islands”. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07110-y.
Competition and habitat availability interact to structure arboreal ant communities across scales of ecological organization
Adams, Benjamin J., Evan M. Gora, Matina C. Donaldson-Matasci, Elva J. H. Robinson, and Scott Powell. 2023. “Competition And Habitat Availability Interact To Structure Arboreal Ant Communities Across Scales Of Ecological Organization”. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2007). The Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.1290.
Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, and Slower Decomposition
Barrera-Bello, Ángela M., Jane M. Lucas, and Evan M. Gora. 2023. “Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, And Slower Decomposition”. Ecosystems 27 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 77-89. doi:10.1007/s10021-023-00874-w.
Lianas increase lightning-caused disturbance severity in a tropical forest
Gora, Evan M., SA Schnitzer, PM Bitzer, JC Burchfield, C Gutierrez, and SP Yanoviak. (JUN) 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: 1007-1013. 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.