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Table 6 Features of standardized evidence syntheses organized in chronological and alphabetical order

From: Evidence of the impact of noise pollution on biodiversity: a systematic map

Citation

Type of synthesis

P–E–O restrictions

Search limitationsa

Search database(s)

Additional searchesb

Period searched

Nb included articlesc

This systematic map

SM

P: No domestic biodiversity

Yes (L, FH)

Web of Science, Scopus

Yes (C, SE, RE, PL)

Until 2018 included

1794

Erbe et al. 2019 [96]

SM

P: marine mammals

E: ship noise

?

Web of Science

Yes (PL)

1972–2019

154

Harding et al. [95]

SR

P: all animals

?

Web of Science

Yes (RE)

1900–2018

589

Kunc and Schmidt [53]

MA

P: all animals

Yes (PR)

Web of Science, Scopus

Yes (RE)

Unknown

108

Cox et al. [73]

MA

P: fish

O: behaviour and physiology

Yes (PR)

Web of Science

Yes (SE)

1950–2015

452

Khairunnisa et al. [70]

SR

P: chickens, rats, mice, monkeys, cats, pigs

?

PubMed/Medline, Cochrane library

Yes (PL)

No restriction

10

Cox et al. [72]

MA

P: fish

O: behaviour and physiology

Yes (PR, T)

Web of Science

Yes (SE)

1950–2015

186

Gomez et al. [55]

SR and MA

P: wild marine mammals

O: behaviour

?

PubMed

Yes (RE)

1971–2015

219

Nelms et al. [68]

SR

P: turtles, marine mammals and fishes

E: noise from seismic surveys

Yes (FH)

Web of Science

Yes (SE)

1983–2013

Turtles: 29

Marine mammals: 414

Fishes: 187

Roca et al. [35]

MA

P: birds

and anurans

O: communication

?

Web of Science

No

No time restriction until 22/01/2015

36

Shannon et al. [34]

SM

P: all wildlife but no plants

Yes (PR, T)

Web of Science

No

1990–2013

242

Williams et al. [71]

SM

P: marine life

Yes (L, PR)

Web of Science

No

No time restriction until 10/10/2014

493

Radford [54]

SM

P: non-marine wildlife

Yes (PR)

Web of Knowledge

Yes (SE, RE)

Unknown

86

  1. MA meta-analysis, SM systematic map, SR systematic review
  2. a All types of search limitations: language restrictions (L), only peer-reviewed articles (PR), restriction to some topic areas (T), exportation of first hits only (FH)
  3. b All sources in addition to databases: call for literature (C), search engines (SE), bibliography from relevant reviews (RE), personal library (PL)
  4. c Scores are given after the screening stages, but further reductions may have occurred in the ongoing process