Why are there so few ethnic minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology? Challenges to inclusion and the role of sense of belonging

Table 5 Predictors of sense of belonging in ecology

	r	β	t	p
Step 1: R² = 0.24, F(6, 1736) = 88.79, p < 0.001
African American versus White	− 0.06**	− 0.07*	− 3.20	0.001
Latino/a versus White	− 0.02	− 0.04	− 1.81	0.070
Asian versus White	− 0.05*	− 0.04	− 1.79	0.073
Biology Major	0.18**	0.13**	6.04	0.001
Ecology Courses	0.26**	0.24**	11.45	0.001
College Belonging	0.38**	0.37**	17.40	0.001
Step 2: ΔR² = 0.15 F(8, 1728) = 52.60, p < 0.001
African American versus White	− 0.06**	0.03	1.28	0.200
Latino/a versus White	− 0.02	0.00	0.01	0.990
Asian versus White	− 0.05*	0.03	1.08	0.280
Biology Major	0.18**	0.06*	2.80	0.005
Ecology Courses	0.26**	0.16**	7.35	0.001
College Belonging	0.38**	0.22**	10.29	0.001
Knowledge of Evolution	0.27**	0.05*	2.24	0.025
Exposure to Ecology	0.34**	0.12**	5.21	0.001
Role Models	0.32**	0.11**	3.87	0.001
Same-race Role Models	0.19**	− 0.004	− 0.15	0.878
Outdoor Comfort	0.47**	0.29**	12.96	0.001
Religiosity	− 0.08**	− 0.06*	− 2.84	0.005
Moral Objections to Evolution	− 0.21**	− 0.13**	− 5.59	0.001
Communal Goals	0.17**	− 0.01	− 0.21	0.838

Table provides information on the Pearson r (zero order) correlation between each predictor variable and sense of belonging in ecology, standardized regression coefficients, and the test of significance for each regression coefficient. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001