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## VII. SUPPORTING INFORMATION

Additional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting Information section at the end of the article.

### Appendix S1. Methods.

**Fig. S1.** PRISMA flow diagram for papers included in the systematic review.

### Appendix S2. Papers included in the quantitative synthesis.

**Table S1.** Categories for methods used to measure abundance as a metric of juvenile habitat quality.

**Table S2.** Categories for methods used to measure growth as a metric of juvenile habitat quality.

**Table S3.** Categories for methods used to measure survival as a metric of juvenile habitat quality.

**Table S4.** Categories for methods used to measure juvenile-adult contribution as a metric of juvenile habitat quality.

*(Received 1 May 2024; revised 9 June 2025; accepted 25 June 2025)*