Table 5 Pre-tested data sheet for extracting data from the final list of accepted articles
Component | Label | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Publication details | Study_no | Numerical | ID number |
| Â | Title | Free text | Title of the publication |
| Â | Lead_author | Free text | Name of the primary/first author |
| Â | Free text | Email address of the primary/first author | |
| Â | Pub_Year | Date | Year of publication |
| Â | Pub_type | Categorical | Type of publication |
Study details | Year | Date | Year study was conducted |
| Â | Country | Categorical | Country where the study was conducted |
| Â | Lat | Numerical | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| Â | Long | Numerical | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| Â | Elevation | Numerical | Elevation in m.a.s.l |
Set-up | Int_type | Categorical | Intervention type |
| Â | Height | Numerical | Perch height in meters |
| Â | Treesp | Free text | If intervention is isolated tree, indicate tree species |
| Â | Matrix | Categorical | Habitat type of the matrix |
| Â | Forest | Categorical | Type of forest |
| Â | Ctrl_size | Numerical | Number of samples for the control |
| Â | Int_size | Numerical | Number of samples for the intervention |
| Â | Distance | Numerical | Distance of perch to nearest forest in meters |
| Â | Length | Numerical | Length of experiment in days |
| Â | Method | Categorical | Method used in the study |
Outcome | Out_type | Categorical | Type of outcome measured |
| Â | Out_spec | Free text | Notes on the specificity of outcome measured, whether the seeds or seedlings are native species, bird-dispersed, etc |
| Â | Unit | Free text | Unit of the mean values |
| Â | Int_mean | Numerical | Mean value of the intervention |
| Â | Ctrl_mean | Numerical | Mean value of the control |
| Â | Variance | Categorical | Type of variance measured |
| Â | Int_var | Numerical | Variance of the intervention |
| Â | Ctrl_var | Numerical | Variance of the control |
| Â | Stat_test | Free text | If mean and error not provided, input test statistics used for analysis and degrees of freedom |
| Â | Stat_value | Numerical | If mean and error not provided, input value of the statistical test used |
| Â | p-value | Numerical | If mean and error not provided, input probability measure used for hypothesis testing |
| Â | Other_var | Free text | Confounding variable that may affect the results |
| Â | Notes | Free text | General notes on reliability, data availability, limitations, assumptions |