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Liza S. Comita

yale university

48H-index

170Paper Count

1.2WCitation Count

Published Papers 55

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Demographic groups do not explain variation in tropical seedling performance with secondary forest age

Forest Ecology and Management

IF3.7

2026-04-09

PREAI

Anita Weissflog; Luke Browne; Daisy H. Dent; Nadja Rüger; Liza S. Comita

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Feedbacks in a mixed mycorrhizal rainforest in Sri Lanka are more stabilizing in the field than in the shadehouse

Plant and Soil

IF4.1

2026-03-01

PREAI

Surendra, Akshay; Lakmali, H. K. Mahesha; Madhubhani, H. A. Shashikala; Jayathilaka, H. M. S. Chaturanga; Shantha, K. M. Upul; Ashton, Mark S.; Ediriweera, Sisira; Comita, Liza S.

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Integrated demographic strategies are more strongly associated with variation in conspecific density dependence than single traits in tropical tree seedlings

Journal of Ecology

IF5.6

2026-02-18

PREAI

Huanca-nunez, Nohemi; Browne, Luke; Hulsmann, Lisa; Dent, Daisy H.; Ruger, Nadia; Comita, Liza S.

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Timber and trails: Low-intensity selective logging and elephant trails shape seedling dynamics in an Afrotropical forest

Ecological Applications

IF4.3

2026-02-01

OAAI

Megan K. Sullivan; Luke Browne; Prince Armel Mouguiama Bissiemou; Raoul Niangadouma; Katharine Abernethy; Simon A. Queenborough; Liza S. Comita

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Intraspecific Leaf Trait Responses to Habitat Heterogeneity in a Tropical Rainforest

FORESTS

IF2.5

2025-11-10

OAAI

Madhubhani, Shashikala; Lakmali, Mahesha; Surendra, Akshay; Comita, Liza S.; Ediriweera, Sisira

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Foliar Pathogen Incidence on Woody Seedlings Across a Tropical Forest Chronosequence

Biotropica

IF1.7

2025-11-01

PREAI

Weissflog, Anita; Cinoglu, Damla; Dent, Daisy H.; Lewis, Marcelina C. -R.; Comita, Liza S.

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Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring

BIOSCIENCE

IF7.6

2025-07-01

PREAI

Toro, Laura; Werden, Leland K.; Addo-Danso, Shalom D.; Andersen, Kelly M.; Batterman, Sarah; Bragadini, Matilde M.; Choksi, Pooja; Cole, Rebecca J.; Comita, Liza S.; Cusack, Daniela; Dent, Daisy H.; Dietterich, Lee H.; Fisher, Joshua B.; Fleischer, Katrin; Fuchslueger, Lucia; Huanca-Nunez, Nohemi; Lienau, Janey R.; McCulloch, Lindsay A.; Morrissey, Ember M.; Powers, Jennifer S.; Sanchez-Julia, Mareli; Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar; Weissflog, Anita; Wong, Michelle Y.

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Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter

FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

IF4.4

2025-02-01

OAAI

Condit, Richard; Hernandez, Andres; Calderon, Oswaldo; Perez, Rolando; Aguilar, Salomon; Comita, Liza S.; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Wright, S. Joseph

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Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics

Ecology Letters

IF7.9

2024-10-02

PREAI

LaManna, Joseph A.; Hartig, Florian; Myers, Jonathan A.; Freckleton, Robert P.; Detto, Matteo; Surendra, Akshay; Doolittle, Cole J.; Bachelot, Benedicte; Bagchi, Robert; Comita, Liza S.; DeFilippis, David M.; Huanca-Nunez, Nohemi; Huelsmann, Lisa; Jevon, Fiona V.; Johnson, Daniel J.; Krishnadas, Meghna; Magee, Lukas J.; Mangan, Scott A.; Milici, Valerie R.; Murengera, Aime Lucky Barahebuza; Schnitzer, Stefan A.; Smith, Daniel J. B.; Stein, Claudia; Sullivan, Megan K.; Torres, Ethan; Umana, Maria Natalia; Delavaux, Camille S.

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Low-intensity logging alters species and functional composition, but does not negatively impact key ecosystem services in a Central African tropical forest

GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION

IF3.4

2024-09-01

OAAI

Sullivan, Megan K.; Vleminckx, Jason; Bissiemou, Prince Armel Mouguiama; Niangadouma, Raoul; Mayoungou, Manoushka Ilambi; Temba, Juste Lemeilleur; Benedet, Fabrice; Abernethy, Katharine; Queenborough, Simon A.; Comita, Liza S.

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

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IF9.1

2024-05-29

OAAI

Comita, Liza S.; Jones, F. Andrew; Manzane-Pinzon, Eric J.; Alvarez-Cansino, Leonor; Ceron-Souza, Ivania; Contreras, Blexein; Jaen-Barrios, Nelson; Ferro, Natalie; Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J.

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

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

IF5.6

2024-01-19

PREAI

Milici, Valerie R.; Comita, Liza S.; Bagchi, Robert

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

OIKOS

IF3

2023-08-16

OAAI

Eck, Jenalle L.; Delavaux, Camille S.; Wilson, Dara M.; Queenborough, Simon A.; Comita, Liza S.

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

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

IF5.6

2023-01-31

PREAI

Radhamoni, Harikrishnan Venugopalan Nair; Queenborough, Simon A.; Arietta, A. Z. Andis; Suresh, Hebbalalu S.; Dattaraja, Handanakere S.; Kumar, Subramanya Shravan; Sukumar, Raman; Comita, Liza S.

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Animal seed dispersal recovery during passive restoration in a forested landscape

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

IF4.7

2022-11-14

OAAI

Estrada-Villegas, Sergio; Stevenson, Pablo R.; Lopez, Omar; DeWalt, Saara J.; Comita, Liza S.; Dent, Daisy H.

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A decade of diversity and forest structure: Post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

IF3.7

2022-06-01

OAAI

Sullivan, Megan K.; Biessiemou, Prince Armel Mouguiama; Niangadouma, Raoul; Abernethy, Katharine; Queenborough, Simon A.; Comita, Liza

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Increased mortality of tropical tree seedlings during the extreme 2015-16 El Nino

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

IF12

2021-07-29

OAAI

Browne, Luke; Markesteijn, Lars; Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J.; Jones, F. Andrew; Lewis, Owen T.; Manzane-Pinzon, Eric; Wright, S. Joseph; Comita, Liza S.

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

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

IF5.6

2020-12-04

OAAI

Murphy, Stephen J.; Comita, Liza S.

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Macro-scale variation and environmental predictors of flowering and fruiting phenology in the Chinese angiosperm flora

JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

IF3.6

2020-08-13