PRISMA systematic review

Knowledge graph centered on PRISMA systematic review with 37 nodes and 123 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, phenological mismatch, Rushes, climate change, small mammals.

Method synopsis

Standardized literature search and screening process to identify and synthesize studies on hibernating mammal responses to climate change, followed by categorization and statistical analysis of climate-trait relationships.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Life history consequences of climate change in hibernating mammals: a review (2022), Ecography. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Database literature search
   Conducted standardized literature search in ISI Web of Knowledge on 5 August 2020 to identify studies published between 1950 and 2020. Used search terms 'climat*' AND 'hibern*', 'weather AND hibern*' to generate citations.
   Quantities: Initial search yielded 776 citations from database search 1 (607 records) and database search 2 (169 records)Duration: Single search conducted on 5 August 2020Conditions: Online database search with no temporal restrictions during search process
   Equipment: ISI Web of Knowledge database
2. Screen and exclude irrelevant records
   Screened 717 records after de-duplication, excluding 591 records for wrong topic (433), not mammal (143), or not obligate hibernator (15). Then excluded 87 additional articles that were review papers or had no data for the four traits of interest.
   Quantities: Excluded 591 records in initial screening, then 87 articles in eligibility screening, leaving 39 final articlesDuration: Not specifiedConditions: Qualitative assessment of abstracts and full papers
   Equipment: Manual screening process
3. Data extraction from included studies
   Extracted information for each study including species common name, Latin name, study type, ecosystem type, field site location, study duration, life history traits measured, season measured, age group, social/reproductive status, general climatic drivers, specific climatic drivers, direction of effects, statistical method, statistics reported, sample size and citation information.

Typical Equipment

• ISI Web of Knowledge database
• Manual screening process
• Data extraction forms
• Data categorization framework
• Statistical software for binomial tests

Output Measurements

• direction of climate effects
• significance of climate-trait relationships
• sample sizes

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol