Evaluating conservation biology texts for bias in biodiversity representation

Table 1. Ecosystems were sorted into terrestrial and aquatic systems, and then sorted further into 15 broad classes within those groups. Ecoregions were sorted into an additional 5 classes. Terrestrial Aquatic Ecoregion Wetland Tropical wetland Reef Reef Tropical Countries Wetland Kelp forest Afrotropic Floodplain Mangrove Neotropic Forest Tropical forest Marine Marine Temperate Countries Rain forest Ocean Deep sea Arctic Nearctic Eucalypt forest Ocean floor Antarctic Coniferous forest Fresh Lake/pond/river Palearctic Temperate forest Marsh Marsh Indo-Malay Indo-Malay Woodland Australasia Australasia Grassland Grassland Prairie Savanna African savanna Eucalypt savanna Humid savanna Savanna Tropical savanna Boreal Boreal forest Tundra/alpine Coast Coastal Dunes Anthropogenic Agricultural Anthropogenic Desert Desert Mountains Mountains Greater Yellowstone https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234877.t001 Fig 1. The percentage of conservation textbook examples related to each major taxonomic group. Open bars represent percentages of all taxa represented by each major group. Solid bars represent textbook examples. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234877.g001 PLOS ONE Bias in conservation biology textbooks PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234877 July 10, 2020 4 / 11