The ecological and biodiversity conservation values of farm dams: A systematic review

To be included in the subsequent review, each article had to meet the following criteria: 1. Include any of the words shown in Table 1 representing a farm-related context e.g., ‘farm’ or ‘agriculture’ followed directly by any of the words shown in Table 1 representing a water- body e.g., ‘dam’, ‘tank’, ‘reservoir’, ‘pond’, in the title, keywords or abstract. 2. Include an objective focusing on biodiversity outcomes by using words related with ecology or biodiversity, in the title, keywords or abstract (Table 2). Fig 1. Selection process of included publications from the Clarivate Web of Science and SCOPUS. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303504.g001 PLOS ONE The ecological and biodiversity conservation values of farm dams PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303504 May 13, 2024 4 / 18