Additional file 12: Table S3Average evidence item strength across different countries arranged by continent

Row Labels / Animal behaviour / Atmosphere / Biodiversity / Employment / Farming / Human attitude / Light / Litter / Snow / Soil / Vegetation / Water / Total
Africa
Cameroon / 2 / 2
Ethiopia / 4 / 4
Tanzania / 4 / 4 / 4
Asia
China / 3 / 4 / 5 / 3 / 4 / 4
Japan / 3 / 3 / 3
Nepal / 5 / 5
Europe
Austria / 3 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
Bulgaria / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7
Croatia / 5 / 5
Czech Republic / 6 / 5 / 5 / 5
France / 4 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5
Germany / 4 / 5 / 4 / 4
Greece / 7 / 8 / 7
Hungary / 3 / 3 / 3
Italy / 6 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 4 / 4 / 4
Poland / 7 / 6 / 7 / 7
Romania / 3 / 3
Slovakia / 5 / 6 / 6
Slovenia / 5 / 5 / 5
Spain / 4 / 2 / 5 / 4 / 4 / 3 / 4
Sweden / 5 / 5
Switzerland / 7 / 6 / 5 / 6 / 6
UK / 6 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 5
Multiple Countries / 6 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 3
Europe/Asia
Russia / 4 / 4 / 4
n/a
n/a / 7 / 7
North America
Honduras / 7 / 7 / 7
Mexico / 4 / 4
Puerto Rico / 3 / 3 / 2 / 3
USA / 3 / 5 / 8 / 3 / 8 / 5
South America
Argentina / 3 / 3
Bolivia / 5 / 5
Colombia / 4 / 4
Ecuador / 5 / 4 / 5 / 5
Venezuela / 4 / 3 / 3
Total / 7 / 4 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 2 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 5

Numbers represent mean critical appraisal (CA) score per article (see Methods for details). Row and column totals are means of means. Cell shading represents average evidence strength (mean CA score) relative to the entire evidence base (i.e. column/row totals for ‘Total’).