Type of criteria | Description |
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Relevant population(s) | All biodiversity (at the species, community and ecosystem level), including fauna, flora, microorganisms, soil biodiversity and exotic invasive species, of the temperate climatic zonea |
Types of exposure/intervention | Any study exposing biodiversity to a LTI verge (road, railway, power line or pipeline verges or waterway banks), to a LTI verge management (mowing, pesticide spreading, pruning, planting, fence laying, beehive setting up, bird nesting box and bat roosting box hanging, reptile artificial refuge setting up, etc.) or to a LTI verge disturbance (chemical, air, noise and light pollution and wildfires) |
Types of comparator | Unexposed/intervention-free control site or before-exposure/before-intervention control site |
Types of outcome | All outcomes relating to corridor and habitat assessment or effects of verge management, such as dispersal (including species invasions, hydrochory and seed dispersal by vehicles), species richness, Shannon index, Simpson index, beta diversity and abundance of different taxonomic or functional groups of organisms |
Types of study | All type of studies should be included apart from modelling studies, studies making recommendations without making experimentation and studies making experimentations in laboratory conditions |