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. 2014 Mar 20;9(3):e90926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090926

Table 1. Study design and species trait moderator variables used in the meta-analysis.

Moderator Type ModeratorVariable Categoryor Range Description
StudyDesign Study Type Amount-based Wetland amount was measured as the percent wetland area in a landscape orbuffer (area-based buffers)
Configuration-based Wetland amount was measured as the number of wetland patches in a landscape,or using wetland isolation (nearest-neighbour distances) or connectivity(incidence function model) metrics
Sampling Effort Area-dependent Sampling effort increased in proportion to the sampled wetland area
Area-independent Sampling effort was consistent across sampled wetlands
Unknown Sampling effort was unknown
Patch Area Included Sampled wetland area was included in the calculation of wetlandamount in the landscape
Not included Sampled wetland area was not included in the calculation of wetlandamount in the landscape
SpeciesTrait Home RangeSize 0.001–35600 Mean annual home range or territory size (ha)
Body Length 2.5–1200 Mean body length across both sexes (cm)
Reproductive rate 2–16000 Mean litter or clutch size multiplied by the mean number of litters orclutches per year