Table 2 Systematic map data categories
| Nature of evidence |
Sources of evidence (journal types and subjects, grey literature) Types of evidence (study design, data sources, scale of analysis) Producers of evidence (location of primary authors/institutions) |
| Representativeness and coverage of evidence |
Demographic characteristics Village/community characteristics Geographic coverage (countries, regions) Ecological coverage (forest types, habitats) Resources accessed or utilized (by men/women/girls/boys) |
| Types and nature of linkages between gender, access to forest resources and food security |
Types of access employed (different tenure and regulatory frameworks) Types of linkage to food security |
| Food security outcomes |
Measures of food security Measures of nutrition security Nature of impacts identified (positive, negative, neutral) and relative proportions of each type |
| Policy, institutions and governance | Attention paid to underlying policy, institutional and governance issues (separated by regional, national and international scales) – no’s of studies addressing key issues |