Carson, W.P. and S.A. Schnitzer, Editors (2008). Tropical Forest
Community Ecology. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. In press.
Schnitzer, S.A., J. Mascaro, W.P Carson (2008). Treefall gaps and
the maintenance of species diversity in tropical forests. In:
Tropical Forest Community Ecology, Carson, W.P. and Schnitzer, S.A.,
eds. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
Carson, W.P., J. Anderson, E. Leigh, and S.A. Schnitzer (2008).
Challenges Associated with Testing and Falsifying the Janzen-Connell
Hypothesis: A Review and Critique. In: Tropical Forest Community
Ecology, Carson, W.P. and Schnitzer, S.A., eds. Blackwell
Publishing, Oxford.
Schnitzer, S.A., R.A. Londre, J. Klironomos, P.B. Reich (2007).
Biomass and toxicity responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
to elevated atmospheric CO2: Comment. Ecology, in press.
Mascaro J. and S.A. Schnitzer (2007). Rhamnus cathartica (common
buckthorn) as an ecosystem dominant in Southern Wisconsin forests.
Northeastern Naturalist in press.
Dickie, I.A., S.A. Schnitzer, P.B. Reich, S.E. Hobbie (2007). Is oak
establishment in old fields and savannas context dependent? Journal
of Ecology 95: 309-320.
Dickie, I.A., R.A. Montgomery, P.B. Reich, S.A. Schnitzer (2007).
Physiological responses of oak seedlings to forest soils. Tree
Physiology 27: 133-140.
Londre, R.A. and S.A. Schnitzer (2006). The distribution of lianas
and their change in abundance in temperate forests over the past 45
years. Ecology 87: 2973-2978.
Schnitzer, S.A., S.J. DeWalt, J. Chave (2006). Censusing and measuring lianas: a quantitative comparison of the common methods. Biotropica 38: 581-591.
Kurzel, B.P., S.A. Schnitzer, and W.P. Carson (2006). The relationship between
liana diameter and location in the canopy in three Panamanian forests.
Biotropica, 38: 262-266.
Gerwing, J.J., S.A. Schnitzer, R.J. Burnham, F. Bongers, J. Chave, S.J. DeWalt,
C.E.N. Ewango, R. Foster, D. Kenfack, M. Martinez-Ramos, M. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D.R.
Perez-Salicrup, F.E. Putz, D.W. Thomas (2006). A standard protocol for censusing lianas. Biotropica 38: 256-261.
Schnitzer, S.A. (2005). A mechanistic explanation for global patterns of liana
abundance and distribution. The American Naturalist, 166: 262-276.
Schnitzer, S.A., M. Kuzee, and F. Bongers (2005). Disentangling above-and
below-ground competition between lianas and trees in a tropical forest. Journal
of Ecology, in press - December issue.
Dickie, I.A., Schnitzer, S.A., P.B. Reich, S.E. Hobbie (2005). Spatially
disjunct effects of co-occurring competition and facilitation. Ecology Letters,
in press.
Andrade, J.L., F.C. Meinzer, G. Goldstein, and S.A. Schnitzer (2005). Water
uptake and transport in lianas and co-occurring trees of a seasonally dry
tropical forest. Trees: Structure & Function, 19: 282-289.
Schnitzer, S.A., M.P.E. Parren, and F. Bongers (2004). Recruitment of lianas
into logging gaps and the effects of pre-harvest liana cutting in a lowland
forest in Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management, 190: 87-98.
Holmgren, M. and S.A. Schnitzer (2004). Science on the rise in developing
countries. PloS Biology, 2: 10-13.
Mascaro, J., S.A. Schnitzer, and W.P. Carson (2004). Liana diversity,
abundance, and mortality in a tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Forest
Ecology and Management, 190: 3-15.
Pérez-Salicrup, D.R., S.A. Schnitzer and F.E. Putz (2004). Community ecology
and management of lianas. Forest Ecology and Management, 190: 1-2.
Stevens, M.H.H., D. Bunker, S.A. Schnitzer, and W.P. Carson (2004).
Establishment limitation reduces species recruitment along an experimental
fertility gradient. Journal of Ecology, 92: 339-347.
Schnitzer, S.A. and F. Bongers (2002). The ecology of lianas and their role in forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17 (5): 223-230.
Schnitzer, S.A., P.B. Reich, B. Bergner, and W.P. Carson (2002). Herbivore and pathogen damage on Grassland and woodland plants: A test of the Herbivore Uncertainty Principle. Ecology Letters, 5 (4): 531-539.
Schnitzer, S.A. and W.P. Carson (2001). Treefall gaps and the maintenance of species diversity in a tropical forest. Ecology, 82 (4): 913 - 919.
Schnitzer, S.A., J.W. Dalling and W.P. Carson (2000). The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: Evidence for an alternative pathway of gap-phase regeneration. Journal of Ecology, 88 (4): 655 - 666.
Schnitzer, S.A. and W.P. Carson (2000). Have we missed the forest because of the trees? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15 (9): 376 - 377.
Schnitzer, S.A. and R.K. Neely (2000). Criticism of the litterbag technique for the study of aquatic plant decay: Suppression of epiphytic algal biomass. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 148 (3): 433 - 440.
DeWalt, S.J., S.A. Schnitzer, and J.S. Denslow (2000). Density and diversity of lianas along a seasonal tropical forest chronosequence in central Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 16 (1): 1 - 19.