Chess has a very extensive literature, probably exceeding that of all other games combined.

The poisonous properties are legendary and the subject of an extensive literature.

An extensive literature and serious science on this condition developed between the 1860s and the turn of the century.

Growth curves are employed in many disciplines besides biology, particularly in statistics, which has an extensive literature on growth curves.

This seems rather odd, because both groups of authors based their conclusions on the same extensive literature search and predefined inclusion criteria.