%!PS Column title Explanation record-id Unique identification number assigned by our group to each publication record we considered for inclusion author the authors of the publication year the year the publication was published title the title of the publication type the type of publication (e.g. journal article) journal the title of the journal in which the publication appeared volume the volume of the journal in which the publication appeared issue the issue of the journal in which the publication appeared firstpage the number of the first page of the publication in the journal lastpage the number of the last page of the publication in the journal abstract the abstract of the publication, if there is one database the online database from which the publication was drawn from to include in our study (e.g. Web of Science) excluded after inclusion in our database, if the paper was considered inappropriate for our purpose it was marked for exclusion species the species cosidered as an invasive in the publication country the country where the process of invasion occurred (when this could be determined) for the publication state the state within country (when this was appropriate) where the the process of invasion occurred locality the locality (when this could be determined and was an appropriate category) where the process of invasion occurred latitude the lattitude where the study took place, when this could be determined longitude the longitude where the study took place, when this could be determined research-type the methods of the study in the publication (e.g. field experiment, theoretical study, etc.; see Appendices for full list of designations) ecosystem the ecosystem where the process of invasion occurred (see Appendices for full list of designations) biome the biome where the process of invasion occurred (see Appendices for full list of designations) focus the focus of the publication (e.g. evalute an invasion hypothesis, evaluate the impacts of invasion, etc.; see Appendices for full list of designations) hypothesis the hypothesis(es) cosidered by the publication (if one was; see Appendices for full list of designations) superior-character If the hypothesis considered was the superior fitness characteristics of a invader, which one (see Appendices for full list of designations) trophic-level the trophic level of the invasive species considered by the publication (see Appendices for full list of designations)