Appendix 1: Journals (and years) searched

Acta Chiropterologica

1999–2017

All biodiversity

Acta Herpetologica

2006–2016

All biodiversity

Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology

1990–2017

All biodiversity

Acta Theriologica*

1977–2014

All biodiversity

African Bird Club Bulletin

1994–2017

All biodiversity

African Journal of Ecology*

1963–2016

All biodiversity

African Journal of Herpetology

1990–2016

All biodiversity

African Journal of Marine Science

1983–2017

All biodiversity

African Primates

1995–2012

All biodiversity

African Zoology

1979–2013

All biodiversity

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment*

1983–2017

All biodiversity

Ambio

1972–2011

All biodiversity

American Journal of Primatology

1981–2014

All biodiversity

American Naturalist

1867–2017

All biodiversity

Amphibia-Reptilia

1980–2012

All biodiversity

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

1996–2012

All biodiversity

Animal Biology

2003–2013

All biodiversity

Animal Conservation*

1998–2018

All biodiversity

Annales Zoologici Fennici

1964–2013

All biodiversity

Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae Botanicae Fennicae Vanamo

1932–1963

All biodiversity

Annual Review Ecology and Systematics

1970–2017

All biodiversity

Anthrozoos

1987–2013

All biodiversity

Apidologie

1958–2009

All biodiversity

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

1998–2014

All biodiversity

Applied Herpetology

2003–2009

All biodiversity

Applied Vegetation Science

1998–2017

All biodiversity

Aquaculture Research

1972–2008

All biodiversity

Aquatic Botany

1975–2017

All biodiversity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

1991–2017

All biodiversity

Aquatic Ecology

1968–2016

All biodiversity

Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management

1998–2016

All biodiversity

Aquatic Invasions

2006–2016

All biodiversity

Aquatic Living Resources

1988–2016

All biodiversity

Aquatic Mammals

1972–2017

All biodiversity

Arid Land Research and Management

1987–2013

All biodiversity

Asian Primates

2008–2012

All biodiversity

Auk

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Austral Ecology*

1977–2017

All biodiversity

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

2009–2012

All biodiversity

Australian Mammalogy*

2000–2017

All biodiversity

Avian Conservation and Ecology

2005–2016

All biodiversity

Basic and Applied Ecology*

2000–2017

All biodiversity

Behavior

1948–2013

All biodiversity

Behavior Ecology

1990–2013

All biodiversity

Bibliotheca Herpetologica

1999–2017

All biodiversity

Biocontrol

1956–2016

All biodiversity

Biocontrol Science and Technology

1991–1996

All biodiversity

Biodiversity and Conservation*

1994–2017

All biodiversity

Biological Conservation*

1981–2017

All biodiversity

Biological Control

1991–2017

All biodiversity

Biological Invasions

1999–2017

All biodiversity

Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

1993–2017

All biodiversity

Biology Letters

2005–2017

All biodiversity

Biotropica

1990–2017

All biodiversity

Bird Conservation International

1991–2016

All biodiversity

Bird Study

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Boreal Environment Research

1996–2014

All biodiversity

Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan

1999–2008

All biodiversity

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

1901–2017

All biodiversity

Canadian Journal of Forest Research*

1971–2013

All biodiversity

Caribbean Journal of Science

1961–2013

All biodiversity

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

2006–2016

All biodiversity

Collinsorum

2012–2014

All biodiversity

Community Ecology

2000–2012

All biodiversity

Conservation Biology*

1987–2017

All biodiversity

Conservation Evidence*

2004–2018

All biodiversity

Conservation Genetics

2000–2013

All biodiversity

Conservation Letters*

2008–2017

All biodiversity

Contemporary Herpetology

1998–2009

All biodiversity

Contributions to Primatology

1974–1991

All biodiversity

Copeia

1910–2016

All biodiversity

Cunninghamia

1981–2016

All biodiversity

Current Herpetology

1964–2016

All biodiversity

Dodo

1977–2001

All biodiversity

Ecological and Environmental Anthropology

2005–2008

All biodiversity

Ecological Applications

1991–2017

All biodiversity

Ecological Indicators

2001–2007

All biodiversity

Ecological Management & Restoration

2000–2017

All biodiversity

Ecological Restoration*

1981–2016

All biodiversity

Ecology

1936–2017

All biodiversity

Ecology Letters

1998–2013

All biodiversity

Ecoscience

1994–2013

All biodiversity

Ecosystems

1998–2013

All biodiversity

Emu

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Endangered Species Bulletin

1966–2003

All biodiversity

Endangered Species Research

2004–2017

All biodiversity

Environmental Conservation

1974–2017

All biodiversity

Environmental Evidence

2012–2017

All biodiversity

Environmental Management*

1977–2017

All biodiversity

Environmentalist

1981–1988

All biodiversity

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

1989–2014

All biodiversity

European Journal of Soil Science

1950–2012

Soil Fertility

European Journal of Wildlife Research*

1955–2017

All biodiversity

Evolutionary Anthropology

1992–2014

All biodiversity

Evolutionary Ecology

1987–2014

All biodiversity

Evolutionary Ecology Research

1999–2014

All biodiversity

Fire Ecology

2005–2016

All biodiversity

Fisheries Management and Ecology

1994–2018

All biodiversity

Fisheries Research

1990–2018

All biodiversity

Folia Primatologica

1963–2014

All biodiversity

Folia Zoologica

1959–2013

All biodiversity

Forest Ecology and Management*

1976–2013

All biodiversity

Freshwater Biology

1975–2017

All biodiversity

Freshwater Science

1982–2017

All biodiversity

Functional Ecology

1987–2013

All biodiversity

Genetics and Molecular Research

2002–2013

All biodiversity

Geoderma

1967–2012

Soil Fertility

Gibbon Journal

2005–2011

All biodiversity

Global Change Biology

1995–2017

All biodiversity

Global Ecology and Biogeography

1991–2014

All biodiversity

Grass and Forage Science

1980–2017

All biodiversity

Herpetofauna

2003–2007

All biodiversity

Herpetologica

1936–2012

All biodiversity

Herpetological Bulletin

2000–2013

All biodiversity

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

2006–2012

All biodiversity

Herpetological Journal

2005–2012

All biodiversity

Herpetological Monographs

1982–2012

All biodiversity

Herpetological Review

1967–2014

All biodiversity

Herpetology Notes

2008–2014

All biodiversity

Human Wildlife Interactions*

2007–2017

All biodiversity

Hydrobiologia

2000–2017

All biodiversity

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy*

1986–2017

All biodiversity

Ibis

1980–2016

All biodiversity

ICES Journal of Marine Science

1990–2018

All biodiversity

iForest

2008–2016

All biodiversity

Integrative Zoology

2006–2013

All biodiversity

International Journal of Pest Management (formerly PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries 1969–1975, PANS 1976–1979 & Tropical Pest Management 1980–1992)

1969–1979

All biodiversity

International Journal of the Commons

2007–2016

All biodiversity

International Journal of Wildland Fire

1991–2016

All biodiversity

International Wader Studies

1970–1972

All biodiversity

International Zoo Yearbook

1960–2015

Management of

Captive Animals

Invasive Plant Science and Management

2008–2016

All biodiversity

Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

1963–2013

All biodiversity

Italian Journal of Zoology

1978–2013

All biodiversity

Journal for Nature Conservation*

2002–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Animal Ecology

1932–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Apicultural Research

1962–2009

All biodiversity

Journal of Applied Ecology*

1964–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

1962–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Arid Environments

1993–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Avian Biology

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Bat Conservation and Research

2000–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

1999–2012

All biodiversity

Journal of Ecology

1933–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Environmental Management

1973–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Field Ornithology

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Forest Research

1996–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Great Lakes Research

1975–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery

2009–2013

All biodiversity

Journal of Herpetology

1968–2015

All biodiversity

Journal of Kansas Herpetology

2002–2011

All biodiversity

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

1993–2014

All biodiversity

Journal of Mammalogy*

1919–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Mountain Science

2004–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Negative Results: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

2004–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Ornithology

2004–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Primatology

2012–2013

All biodiversity

Journal of Raptor Research

1966–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Sea Research

1961–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture

1934–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

1887–2006

All biodiversity

Journal of Tropical Ecology

1986–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Vegetation Science

1990–2017

All biodiversity

Journal of Wetlands Ecology

2008–2012

All biodiversity

Journal of Wetlands Environmental Management

2012–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

1965–2012

All biodiversity

Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

2013–2016

All biodiversity

Journal of Zoology*

1966–2017

All biodiversity

Jurnal Primatologi Indonesia

2009

All biodiversity

Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter

1977–2001

All biodiversity

Lake and Reservoir Management

1984–2016

All biodiversity

Land Degradation and Development

1989–2016

All biodiversity

Land Use Policy

1984–2012

Soil Fertility

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals

2002–2016

All biodiversity

Lemur News

1993–2012

All biodiversity

Limnologica — Ecology and Management of Inland Waters

1999–2017

All biodiversity

Mammal Research

2001–2017

All biodiversity

Mammal Review*

1970–2017

All biodiversity

Mammal Study

2005–2017

All biodiversity

Mammalia*

1937–2017

All biodiversity

Mammalian Biology*

2002–2017

All biodiversity

Mammalian Genome

1991–2013

All biodiversity

Management of Biological Invasions

2010–2016

All biodiversity

Mangroves and Salt Marshes

1996–1999

All biodiversity

Marine Ecological Progress Series

2000–2018

All biodiversity

Marine Environmental Research

1978–2017

All biodiversity

Marine Mammal Science

1985–2017

All biodiversity

Marine Pollution Bulletin

2010–2017

All biodiversity

Mires and Peat

2006–2016

All biodiversity

Natural Areas Journal

1992–2017

All biodiversity

Neobiota

2011–2017

All biodiversity

Neotropical Primates

1993–2014

All biodiversity

New Journal of Botany

2011–2013

All biodiversity

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

1974–2017

All biodiversity

New Zealand Plant Protection

2000–2016

All biodiversity

Northwest Science

2007–2016

All biodiversity

Oecologia*

1969–2017

All biodiversity

Oikos

1949–2017

All biodiversity

Ornitologia Neotropical

1990–2018

All biodiversity

Oryx*

1950–2017

All biodiversity

Ostrich

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Pacific Conservation Biology*

1993–2017

All biodiversity

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

2004–2013

All biodiversity

Plant Ecology

1948–2007

All biodiversity

Plant Protection Quarterly

2008–2016

All biodiversity

Polish Journal of Ecology

2002–2013

All biodiversity

Population Ecology

1952–2013

All biodiversity

PLOS

1980–2018

Key word: bat*

Preslia

1973–2017

All biodiversity

Primate Conservation

1981–2014

All biodiversity

Primates

1957–2013

All biodiversity

Rangeland Ecology & Management (previously Journal of Range Management 1948–2004)*

1948–2016

All biodiversity

Raptors Conservation

2005–2016

All biodiversity

Regional Studies in Marine Science

2015–2017

All biodiversity

Restoration Ecology*

1993–2017

All biodiversity

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

2000–2016

All biodiversity

Revista de Biología Tropical

1976–2013

All biodiversity

River Research and Applications

1987–2016

All biodiversity

Russian Journal of Herpetology

1994–2000

All biodiversity

Slovak Raptor Journal

2007–2016

All biodiversity

Small Ruminant Research

1988–2017

All biodiversity

Soil Biology & Biochemistry

1969–2012

Soil Fertility

South African Journal of Botany

1982–2016

All biodiversity

South African Journal of Wildlife Research*

1971–2014

All biodiversity

South American Journal of Herpetology

2006–2012

All biodiversity

Southern Forests: a journal of Forest Science

2008–2013

All biodiversity

Southwestern Naturalist

1956–2013

All biodiversity

Strix

1982–2017

All biodiversity

Systematic Reviews Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation*

2004–2017

All biodiversity

The Canadian Field-Naturalist*

1987–2017

All biodiversity

The Condor

1980–2016

All biodiversity

The Journal of Wildlife Management*

1945–2017

All biodiversity

The Open Ornithology Journal

2008–2016

All biodiversity

The Rangeland Journal

1976–2016

All biodiversity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

1986–2017

All biodiversity

Tropical Conservation Science

2008–2014

All biodiversity

Tropical Ecology

1960–2014

All biodiversity

Tropical Grasslands

1967–2010

All biodiversity

Tropical Zoology

1988–2013

All biodiversity

Turkish Journal of Zoology

1996–2014

All biodiversity

Vietnamese Journal of Primatology

2007–2009

All biodiversity

Wader Study Group Bulletin

1970–1977

All biodiversity

Waterbirds

1983–2016

All biodiversity

Weed Biology and Management

2001–2016

All biodiversity

Weed Research

1961–2017

All biodiversity

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

2000–2016

All biodiversity

Western North American Naturalist

2000–2016

All biodiversity

Wetlands

1981–2016

All biodiversity

Wetlands Ecology and Management

1989–2016

All biodiversity

Wildfowl

1948–2016

All biodiversity

Wildlife Biology*

1995–2013

All biodiversity

Wildlife Monographs

1958–2013

All biodiversity

Wildlife Research*

1974–2017

All biodiversity

Wildlife Society Bulletin*

1973–2017

All biodiversity

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

1980–2016

All biodiversity

Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii

1972–2013

All biodiversity

Zoo Biology

1982–2016

All biodiversity

ZooKeys

2008–2013

All biodiversity

Zoologica Scripta

1971–2014

All biodiversity

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

1856–2013

All biodiversity

Zootaxa

2004–2014

All biodiversity