Data used to support a meta-analysis investigating ecological effects of urban lawn management

Raw data on invertebrate abundance and temperature data was collected by Léonie Carignan-Guillemette (2018) and Caroline Turcotte (2017) under the supervision of Raphaël Proulx and Vincent Maire (refer to Appendix S1 within related publication for more information). Other data was gathered and processed according to the following: We searched the Scopus database on 8 February, 2019 with the following combinations of keywords: (lawn OR turf) AND mowing AND (urban OR city).

Generally, studies were ineligible when: full-text of the article was not available even after contacting the authors; mowing was incidental to the study and not an experimental factor; response variables were not ecologically relevant; confounding factors (e.g. fertilisation) could not be isolated; a non-urban context was used; or simulated data were presented. We extracted the mean and statistical variation (standard deviation or standard error) for each response variable in control (less-intensively mown) and treatment (intensively mown) groups.