Supplement 1. A table of raw data used in this meta-analysis.

File List
data.txt

Description
The "data.txt" file is a tab-delimited text file containing the raw data used in this meta-analysis.

Column definitions:

interaction ID: unique numeric identification number for each pairwise resource-consumer interaction

system: the location of study

latitude: latitude of system in degree-minute-seconds

longitude: longitude of system in degree-minute-seconds

ecosystem type: the broad habitat category (i.e. aquatic, including marine and freshwater subtypes, or terrestrial)

ecosystem subtype: the specific habitat category (e.g. temperate forest or freshwater)

study type: observational or experimental

event: the specific occurrence of a primary resource pulse in time

pulse duration (d): the length of time that resource availability was more than 10% greater than the baseline condition in days

response duration (d): the length of time that consumer densities or recruitment were more than 10% greater than the baseline condition in days

resource: short description of the resource identity

consumer: short description of the consumer identity

trophic level of resource: the integer trophic level of the dominant pulsed resource (as described in text)

consumer trophic level: the integer trophic level of the consumer (as described in text)

consumer trophic position: autotrophy or heterotrophy

consumer trophic distance: the minimum number of trophic levels between the focal consumer and the primary pulsed resource

R baseline, Rb: resource availability in the baseline state

R pulse, Rp: maximum resource availability in the pulsed state

R units: units of resource availability

R ratio: Rp/Rb

ln (R ratio): ln(Rp/Rb), resource pulse magnitude

C baseline, Cb: consumer density or recruitment in the baseline state

C pulse, Cp: maximum consumer density or recruitment in the pulsed state

C units: units of consumer density

C ratio: Cp/Cb

ln(C ratio): ln(Cp/Cb), consumer response magnitude

ln(C ratio/R ratio): ln[(Cp/Cb)/(Rp/Rb)], relative response magnitude, measures the magnitude of consumer responses relative to their resource pulses

estimated consumer body mass (g): the average mass of the consumer at reproduction

estimated consumer generation time (d): the average interval of time between the birth, germination or division of the consumer and the birth, germination or division of their offspring in days

response lag (d): the length of time between the observed peak of resource availability and the observed peak consumer density in days

consumer response mechanism: the primary mode of numerical response (i.e. reproductive, aggregative, or combined reproductive and aggregative)

reference(s): key literature citations, see manuscript

notes: additional notes