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Table 1 Reasons for exclusions at full-text screening of articles from the search update

From: Manipulating ungulate herbivory in temperate and boreal forests: effects on vegetation and invertebrates. A systematic review

Reason for exclusion

No. of articles

Not a study of forests, woodlands or other terrestrial habitats with a tree layer

8

Not a study made in boreal or temperate vegetation zones

9

Not a field study

2

Not a study of manipulation of herbivory

15

Not a study of ungulate herbivory

1

No useful comparator data

3

No outcomes relevant to this review

4

Redundant (relevant outcomes also reported elsewhere)

1

Full text not found

1

  1. Two of the 42 excluded articles appear more than once in the table, since they were excluded for more than one reason