Table S4. Reporting of location of the study area and sampling points in recently published articles in Landscape Ecology (20 most recent articles
conducting field work searched in the Web of Science Core Collection on April 23rd 2015).
Article
Coordinates of the
Map
Map with coordinates Precise locations of
Additional site parameters
study site(s) and
or distinct reference
sampling points
recorded/reported
precision
points*
no
no
no
no
no
land-cover classification from aerial
Arvola et al 2015
no
yes, Fig. 1
Baltensperger and
no
yes, Fig. 1b yes, Fig. 1b (rivers as
Huettmann 2015
Becker et al 2015
no
reference points)
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
photographs, p. 341 - not reported
Campbell et al 2015
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
7 environmental variables (see Table 2) not reported
Clarke and Jenerette
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
2015
Galitsky and Lawler
individual plot sizes in community
gardens, p. 641 - not reported
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no, although authors note
yes, e.g. canopy cover, n° of snags,
2015
Hao et al 2014
yes, delineation
yes, Fig. 1
(degrees), p. 1659
that they had recorded each
grazing, water supply, p. 290 - not
point by GPS, p. 289
reported
yes, Fig. 1 (coordinates no
yes, e.g., species composition, proportion
in precision of degrees)
of high-quality herbage, p. 1661 - not
reported
Kuang et al 2015
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
yes, e.g. radiation, albedo, heat flux, p.
361 - not reported
Lane-deGraaf et al
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
no
yes, delineation
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
yes, e.g., tree species numbers, stem
2014
Lemessa et al 2015
(minutes), p. 169
Liu et al 2015
yes, delineation
density, p. 170 - not reported
yes, Fig. 1
(minutes), p. 479
Loos et al 2015
no
yes, Fig. 1
yes, Fig. 1 (coordinates no
yes, e.g. above- and below-ground-
in precision of degrees)
biomass, litter, p. 479 - not reported
no
no
yes, e.g. ground mapping of land-use
classes, vegetation height, calculation of
landscape heterogeneity, edge density, p.
629 - not reported
Lu et al 2014
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
yes, e,g, tree height, diameter, p. 1699 not reported
Mullins et al 2015
Pryke and Samways
no
no
yes, Fig. 1
yes, Fig. 1
yes, Fig. 1 (highway
no, although authors note
and river as reference
that they had recorded each
points)
point by GPS, p. 611
no
no
2015
Puech et al 2015
no
yes, e.g. elevation, corridor width, alien
woody plants, Table 1 - not repported
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
yes, e.g., wheat height, percentage ground
covered, p. 129 - not reported
Quinn et al 2014
no
no
no
no
yes, e.g., woody cover, grass cover
calculated, p. 1813 - not reported
Sandercock et al 2015
no
yes, Fig. 1
no
no
yes, e.g. grazing treatment, year of burn,
distance to edge, Fig. 2 - not reported
Villaseñor et al 2015
yes, delineation
yes, Fig. 1
(minutes), p. 231
yes, Fig. 1 (coordinates no
yes, e.g., grass litter, bare ground, woody
in precision of minutes)
debris, p. 233 - mean proportions per
distance reported (Table S4)
Wray and Elle 2015
no
no
no
no
yes, e.g., bare soil, moss, hollow stems, p.
264 - not reported
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