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. 2016 Jun 2;4:e2029. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2029

Table 2. Results from a meta-analysis of 8 published manuscripts entailing 128 observations of invasive vertebrate interactions.

We report the mean effect size and 95% confidence intervals (Hedge’s d +) andbold values when the 95% CI does not overlap zero. Mean effect sizes were calculated for the entire data set and subsets of the data that compared the effect of mixed and single groups of invasive vertebrateson native biodiversity.

N Direction Hedge’s d+
Habitat type
Forest 16 −0.29 ± 0.10
Wetland 36 −0.13 ± 0.05
Freshwater 73 −0.11 ± 0.05
Garrigue 3 −0.16 ± 0.15
Native range overlap
Overlapping ranges 46 −0.21 ± 0.07
Non-overlapping ranges 72 −0.13 ± 0.03
Invasive functional group
Amphibian 16 0 −0.13 ± 0.13
Mammal 19 −0.25 ± 0.08
Fish 93 −0.13 ± 0.03
Trophic position of removed invader
Carnivore 106 −0.13 ± 0.03
Herbivore 6 0 −0.06 ± 0.15
Omnivore 4 −0.32 ± 0.10