Evan Gora

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.
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.
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.
Antibiotics as chemical warfare across multiple taxonomic domains and trophic levels in brown food webs
Lucas, Jane M., Evan M. Gora, Annika Salzberg, and Michael Kaspari. 2019. “Antibiotics As Chemical Warfare across Multiple Taxonomic Domains and Trophic Levels in Brown Food Webs”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286: 20191536. doi:doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1536.
Decomposition of coarse woody debris in a long‐term litter manipulation experiment: A focus on nutrient availability
Gora, Evan M., Emma J. Sayer, Benjamin L. Turner, and Edmund V. J. Tanner. 2018. “Decomposition of Coarse Woody Debris in a long‐term Litter Manipulation Experiment: A Focus on Nutrient Availability”. Functional Ecology 32. Wiley/Blackwell (10.1111): 1128-38. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13047.