List of works - Liza S. Comita

Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest

article

Abiotic niche partitioning and negative density dependence drive tree seedling survival in a tropical forest.

scientific article published in December 2017

Asymmetric density dependence shapes species abundances in a tropical tree community

scientific article

Beyond the fast-slow continuum: demographic dimensions structuring a tropical tree community

scientific article published on 09 May 2018

Changes in Phylogenetic Community Structure of the Seedling Layer Following Hurricane Disturbance in a Human-Impacted Tropical Forest

Community-level consequences of density dependence and habitat association in a subtropical broad-leaved forest

scientific article

Contrasting patterns of insect herbivory and predation pressure across a tropical rainfall gradient

article by Anita Weissflog et al published 22 November 2017 in Biotropica

Density dependence across multiple life stages in a temperate old-growth forest of northeast China

scientific article

Density-dependent pre-dispersal seed predation and fruit set in a tropical tree

scientific article published in 2010

Density-dependent survival varies with species life-history strategy in a tropical forest

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Differences among species in seed dispersal and conspecific neighbor effects can interact to influence coexistence

scientific article

Disentangling the drivers of β diversity along latitudinal and elevational gradients.

scientific article

Distance-dependent seedling mortality and long-term spacing dynamics in a neotropical forest community

scientific article

Drivers of community assembly in tropical forest restoration sites: role of local environment, landscape, and space

scientific article

Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests

scientific article

Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence.

scientific article

Edge effects alter the role of fungi and insects in mediating functional composition and diversity of seedling recruits in a fragmented tropical forest

scientific article published on 25 July 2020

Edge effects reduce α-diversity but not β-diversity during community assembly in a human-modified tropical forest

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Environment and past land use together predict functional diversity in a temperate forest

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Evidence for arrested succession within a tropical forest fragment in Singapore

article

Evidence of within-species specialization by soil microbes and the implications for plant community diversity

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Flower production decreases with warmer and more humid atmospheric conditions in a western Amazonian forest

scientific article published on 20 November 2023

Foliar disease incidence in a tropical seedling community is density dependent and varies along a regional precipitation gradient

scientific article published on 19 January 2024

Forest tree neighborhoods are structured more by negative conspecific density dependence than by interactions among closely related species

scientific article published in 2017

ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

scientific article

Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

scientific article published in 2016

Habitat specificity and diversity of tree species in an African wet tropical forest

scientific article published in 2011

Higher β-diversity observed for herbs over woody plants is driven by stronger habitat filtering in a tropical understory

scientific article published on August 2016

Historic Mining and Agriculture as Indicators of Occurrence and Abundance of Widespread Invasive Plant Species ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

How latitude affects biotic interactions

scientific article published on June 2017

INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF LAND USE HISTORY AND NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON SEEDLING DYNAMICS IN A SUBTROPICAL FOREST

scientific article published in 2009

Impact of Research Trails on Seedling Dynamics in a Tropical Forest

article

Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015–16 El Niño

scientific article published on 17 July 2021

Influence of soil pathogens on early regeneration success of tropical trees varies between forest edge and interior.

scientific article

Intensive research activity alters short-term seedling dynamics in a tropical forest

scientific article published in 2008

Interactive effects of land use history and natural disturbance on seedling dynamics in a subtropical forest

scientific article

Interspecific variation in conspecific negative density dependence can make species less likely to coexist

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

Intraspecific and phylogenetic density-dependent seedling recruitment in a subtropical evergreen forest.

scientific article

Intraspecific plant–soil feedback in four tropical tree species is inconsistent in a field experiment

scientific article published on 15 May 2024

Large mammalian herbivores contribute to conspecific negative density dependence in a temperate forest

scientific article published in 2020

Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities

scientific article published on 28 February 2024

Life-history trade-offs during the seed-to-seedling transition in a subtropical wet forest community

scientific article published in 2012

Limited intraspecific variation in drought resistance along a pronounced tropical rainfall gradient

scientific article published on 29 May 2024

Local adaptation to herbivory within tropical tree species along a rainfall gradient

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Local neighborhood and species' shade tolerance influence survival in a diverse seedling bank

scientific article

Local-scale drivers of tree survival in a temperate forest.

scientific article

Local‐ and landscape‐scale drivers of terrestrial herbaceous plant diversity along a tropical rainfall gradient in Western Ghats, India

scientific article published on 31 January 2023

Long-term research impacts on seedling community structure and composition in a permanent forest plot

article

Long-term seedling and small sapling census data from the Barro Colorado Island 50 ha Forest Dynamics Plot, Panama

scientific article published on 27 July 2023

Multidimensional trade-offs in species responses to disturbance: implications for diversity in a subtropical forest

scientific article

Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist.

scientific article

Neighbourhood density and genetic relatedness interact to determine fruit set and abortion rates in a continuous tropical tree population.

scientific article published in December 2008

Nonrandom processes maintain diversity in tropical forests

scientific article published in January 2006

Patch dynamics and community metastability of a subtropical forest: compound effects of natural disturbance and human land use

scientific article published in 2010

Resistance Genes Affect How Pathogens Maintain Plant Abundance and Diversity

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Resolving the Paradox of Clumped Seed Dispersal: Positive Density and Distance Dependence in a Bat-Dispersed Species

scientific article published in 2019

Resolving the paradox of clumped seed dispersal: positive density and distance dependence in a bat-dispersed species

scientific article published on 15 October 2018

Response to Comments on "Disentangling the Drivers of Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients"

scientific article published in Science

Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest

scientific article

Seed-to-seedling transitions exhibit distance-dependent mortality but no strong spacing effects in a Neotropical forest

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Seedling performance in a dioecious tree species is similar near female and male conspecific adults despite differences in colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article published on 16 August 2023

Shifts in taxonomic and functional composition of trees along rainfall and phosphorus gradients in central Panama

scientific article published on 30 May 2020

Species associations structured by environment and land-use history promote beta-diversity in a temperate forest

scientific article published on March 2015

Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities

scientific article published in 2012

Strategies for fitting nonlinear ecological models in R, AD Model Builder, and BUGS

scientific article published in 2013

Surviving in a Cosexual World: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dioecy in Tropical Trees

scientific article

Temporal and spatial variability in seedling dynamics: a cross-site comparison in four lowland tropical forests

scientific article published in 2008

Testing predictions of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a meta-analysis of experimental evidence for distance- and density-dependent seed and seedling survival

scientific article

The contribution of understory light availability and biotic neighborhood to seedling survival in secondary versus old-growth temperate forest

scientific article published in 2014

Trait similarity, shared ancestry and the structure of neighbourhood interactions in a subtropical wet forest: implications for community assembly

scientific article published on 5 November 2010

Tree seedling richness, but not neighborhood composition, influences insect herbivory in a temperate deciduous forest community

scientific article published on 12 August 2016

Tree species vary widely in their tolerance for liana infestation: A case study of differential host response to generalist parasites

scientific article published in 2017

Tropical tree species assemblages in topographical habitats change in time and with life stage

article

Weaker plant-enemy interactions decrease tree seedling diversity with edge-effects in a fragmented tropical forest

scientific article published in Nature Communications

When and where plant-soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

List of works by Liza S. Comita

Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest

Abiotic niche partitioning and negative density dependence drive tree seedling survival in a tropical forest.

Asymmetric density dependence shapes species abundances in a tropical tree community

Beyond the fast-slow continuum: demographic dimensions structuring a tropical tree community

Changes in Phylogenetic Community Structure of the Seedling Layer Following Hurricane Disturbance in a Human-Impacted Tropical Forest

Community-level consequences of density dependence and habitat association in a subtropical broad-leaved forest

Contrasting patterns of insect herbivory and predation pressure across a tropical rainfall gradient

Density dependence across multiple life stages in a temperate old-growth forest of northeast China

Density-dependent pre-dispersal seed predation and fruit set in a tropical tree

Density-dependent survival varies with species life-history strategy in a tropical forest

Differences among species in seed dispersal and conspecific neighbor effects can interact to influence coexistence

Disentangling the drivers of β diversity along latitudinal and elevational gradients.

Distance-dependent seedling mortality and long-term spacing dynamics in a neotropical forest community

Drivers of community assembly in tropical forest restoration sites: role of local environment, landscape, and space

Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests

Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence.

Edge effects alter the role of fungi and insects in mediating functional composition and diversity of seedling recruits in a fragmented tropical forest

Edge effects reduce α-diversity but not β-diversity during community assembly in a human-modified tropical forest

Environment and past land use together predict functional diversity in a temperate forest

Evidence for arrested succession within a tropical forest fragment in Singapore

Evidence of within-species specialization by soil microbes and the implications for plant community diversity

Flower production decreases with warmer and more humid atmospheric conditions in a western Amazonian forest

Foliar disease incidence in a tropical seedling community is density dependent and varies along a regional precipitation gradient

Forest tree neighborhoods are structured more by negative conspecific density dependence than by interactions among closely related species

ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

Habitat specificity and diversity of tree species in an African wet tropical forest

Higher β-diversity observed for herbs over woody plants is driven by stronger habitat filtering in a tropical understory

Historic Mining and Agriculture as Indicators of Occurrence and Abundance of Widespread Invasive Plant Species ⬇️

How latitude affects biotic interactions

INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF LAND USE HISTORY AND NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON SEEDLING DYNAMICS IN A SUBTROPICAL FOREST

Impact of Research Trails on Seedling Dynamics in a Tropical Forest

Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015–16 El Niño

Influence of soil pathogens on early regeneration success of tropical trees varies between forest edge and interior.

Intensive research activity alters short-term seedling dynamics in a tropical forest

Interactive effects of land use history and natural disturbance on seedling dynamics in a subtropical forest

Interspecific variation in conspecific negative density dependence can make species less likely to coexist

Intraspecific and phylogenetic density-dependent seedling recruitment in a subtropical evergreen forest.

Intraspecific plant–soil feedback in four tropical tree species is inconsistent in a field experiment

Large mammalian herbivores contribute to conspecific negative density dependence in a temperate forest

Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities

Life-history trade-offs during the seed-to-seedling transition in a subtropical wet forest community

Limited intraspecific variation in drought resistance along a pronounced tropical rainfall gradient

Local adaptation to herbivory within tropical tree species along a rainfall gradient

Local neighborhood and species' shade tolerance influence survival in a diverse seedling bank

Local-scale drivers of tree survival in a temperate forest.

Local‐ and landscape‐scale drivers of terrestrial herbaceous plant diversity along a tropical rainfall gradient in Western Ghats, India

Long-term research impacts on seedling community structure and composition in a permanent forest plot

Long-term seedling and small sapling census data from the Barro Colorado Island 50 ha Forest Dynamics Plot, Panama

Multidimensional trade-offs in species responses to disturbance: implications for diversity in a subtropical forest

Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist.

Neighbourhood density and genetic relatedness interact to determine fruit set and abortion rates in a continuous tropical tree population.

Nonrandom processes maintain diversity in tropical forests

Patch dynamics and community metastability of a subtropical forest: compound effects of natural disturbance and human land use

Resistance Genes Affect How Pathogens Maintain Plant Abundance and Diversity

Resolving the Paradox of Clumped Seed Dispersal: Positive Density and Distance Dependence in a Bat-Dispersed Species

Resolving the paradox of clumped seed dispersal: positive density and distance dependence in a bat-dispersed species

Response to Comments on "Disentangling the Drivers of Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients"

Seasonal and spatial variation in water availability drive habitat associations in a tropical forest

Seed-to-seedling transitions exhibit distance-dependent mortality but no strong spacing effects in a Neotropical forest

Seedling performance in a dioecious tree species is similar near female and male conspecific adults despite differences in colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Shifts in taxonomic and functional composition of trees along rainfall and phosphorus gradients in central Panama

Species associations structured by environment and land-use history promote beta-diversity in a temperate forest

Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities

Strategies for fitting nonlinear ecological models in R, AD Model Builder, and BUGS

Surviving in a Cosexual World: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Dioecy in Tropical Trees

Temporal and spatial variability in seedling dynamics: a cross-site comparison in four lowland tropical forests

Testing predictions of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a meta-analysis of experimental evidence for distance- and density-dependent seed and seedling survival

The contribution of understory light availability and biotic neighborhood to seedling survival in secondary versus old-growth temperate forest

Trait similarity, shared ancestry and the structure of neighbourhood interactions in a subtropical wet forest: implications for community assembly

Tree seedling richness, but not neighborhood composition, influences insect herbivory in a temperate deciduous forest community

Tree species vary widely in their tolerance for liana infestation: A case study of differential host response to generalist parasites

Tropical tree species assemblages in topographical habitats change in time and with life stage

Weaker plant-enemy interactions decrease tree seedling diversity with edge-effects in a fragmented tropical forest

When and where plant-soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: a meta-analysis