Popular interest in vertebrates does not reflect extinction risk and is associated with bias in conservation investment

• Thomas Davies ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Thomas.Davies@bangor.ac.uk

  Affiliations School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, United Kingdom, Centre for Geography Environment and Society, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-9893

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• Andrew Cowley,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Jon Bennie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geography Environment and Society, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Catherine Leyshon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geography Environment and Society, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-9226

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• Richard Inger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Hazel Carter,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation C/O Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Beth Robinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation C/O Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• James Duffy,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Stefano Casalegno,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Gwladys Lambert,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Kevin Gaston

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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