Table 2.
Search terms and resulting number of publications using the ISI Web of Science and Scopus databases to locate peer‐reviewed literature assessing the effects of livestock grazing on grouse populations
| Search results (number of publications) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Search term(s) | ISI web of science | Scopus |
| grouse* | 3,083 | 2,554 |
| (grouse* and livestock*) | 64 | 49 |
| (grouse* and grazing*) | 107 | 98 |
| (grouse* and habitat* and grazing*) | 76 | 65 |
| (prairie‐chicken* and livestock*) | 8 | 9 |
| (prairie‐chicken* and grazing*) | 23 | 21 |
| (prairie‐chicken* and habitat* and grazing*) | 20 | 17 |
| (capercaillie* and livestock*) | 5 | 3 |
| (capercaillie* and grazing*) | 8 | 3 |
| (capercaillie* and habitat* and grazing*) | 6 | 1 |
| (ptarmigan* and livestock*) | 3 | 3 |
| (ptarmigan* and grazing*) | 6 | 8 |
| (ptarmigan* and habitat* and grazing*) | 4 | 5 |
In cases of irregular plurals, “*” allows search engines to retrieve all forms of the root word.