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Table 3 Search strings for the search in Web of Science, the 5 strings are connected with the Boolean “AND”

From: No increased drought-related mortality after thinning: a meta-analysis

Search string

Search terms

Forest string

forest* OR tree

Management string

thinning OR “stand density” OR “basal area reduction” OR “forest management” OR sylvicultur* OR silvicultur* OR “density reduction” OR “density treatment”

Mortality string

mortality OR “tree death” OR “dying trees” OR “vitality loss” OR dieback OR defoliat* OR “water stress”

Drought string

resilience OR drought OR “adaption capacity” OR adaptivity OR resistance

Exclusion string

NOT ALL=(mangrove* OR agroforestry OR amazon* OR borer OR nematode) NOT TI = (“budworm” OR beetle* OR moth OR canker OR fuel OR fire OR wildfire OR seedling OR fung* OR pest OR infect*

  1. The asterisk (*) is used as a truncation symbol to include different word endings, such as 'fung*' to capture 'fungi', 'fungal', etc.