Table 2 The eligibility criteria for article screening for the study question
Question elements | Eligibility criteria |
|---|---|
Populations | Included: Studies conducted in boreal forests including Baltic countries |
Intervention | Included: Woodland key habitats, small scale protected forest patches |
Comparators | Included: Managed forests, production forests, natural forests, uncut forest Excluded: Non-forest lands, urban parks, wooded fields, e.g. Christmas tree plantations |
Outcomes | Included: Species diversity, richness, assemblage, individual abundance, the amount of deadwood |
Study design | Included: Control-intervention studies |
Language | Included: English, Finnish, Swedish and Russian |