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Table 1 The search string to which the combined database searches are equivalent

From: What is the effect of prescribed burning in temperate and boreal forest on biodiversity, beyond tree regeneration, pyrophilous and saproxylic species? A systematic review protocol

 

Search string

Population terms

(forest* OR woodland* OR “wood* pasture*” OR “wood* meadow*”)

 

AND

Intervention terms

[(prescribed OR control* OR experiment*) AND (burn* OR fire)]

 

AND

Outcome terms

(*diversity OR (species AND (richness OR focal OR target OR keystone OR umbrella OR red-list* OR threatened OR endangered OR rare)) OR “species density” OR “number of species” OR indicator* OR abundance OR “forest structure” OR habitat*)

  1. An asterisk (*) is a ‘wildcard’ that represents any group of characters, including no character