Liza Comita

Davis-Denkmann Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology · Yale School of the Environment · Yale University

Quick answer: Liza Comita is Davis-Denkmann Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology at Yale University. Liza Comita shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ This professor is accepting doctoral students

Research interests

Climate Science and Policy, Deforestation, Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity, Biodiversity Loss, Carbon Sequestration, Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience, Habitat Conservation, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Tropical Ecosystems, Forestry, Ecosystem Services, Forest Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Tropical Forest Ecosystems

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2025] Foliar Pathogen Incidence on Woody Seedlings Across a Tropical Forest Chronosequence [2025] Woody, Animal‐Dispersed Species Recovery With Forest Age and Integrity in Secondary Tropical Forest Seed Banks [2025] Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring [2025] Seed Production and 22 Years of Climatic Changes in an Everwet Neotropical Forest [2025] Beta‐Diversity of Herbaceous Versus Woody Plant Communities Across a Tropical Rainfall Gradient [2025] Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter [2025] Putting seedlings on the map: Trade‐offs in demographic rates between ontogenetic size classes in five tropical forests [2024] Liana versus tree seedling responses to spatial and temporal variation in dry season severity [2024] Limited

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