Phillip Bitzer

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.
Effects of lightning on trees: A predictive model based on in situ electrical resistivity
Gora, Evan M., Phillip M. Bitzer, Jeffrey C. Burchfield, Stefan A. Schnitzer, and Stephen P. Yanoviak. 2017. “Effects of Lightning on Trees: A Predictive Model Based on in Situ Electrical Resistivity”. Ecology and Evolution 7. Wiley-Blackwell: 8523-34. doi:10.1002/ece3.3347.
Quantification and identification of lightning damage in tropical forests
Yanoviak, Stephen P., Evan M. Gora, Jeffrey M. Burchfield, Phillip M. Bitzer, and Matteo Detto. 2017. “Quantification and Identification of Lightning Damage in Tropical Forests”. Ecology and Evolution 7. Wiley-Blackwell: 5111-22. doi:10.1002/ece3.3095.