Open AccessLinks between language diversity and species richness can be confounded by spatial autocorrelation
Author(s) -
Marcel Cardillo,
Lindell Bromham,
Simon J. Greenhill
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.342
H-Index - 253
eISSN - 1471-2954
pISSN - 0962-8452
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.2014.2986
Subject(s) - species richness , autocorrelation , diversity (politics) , spatial analysis , geography , ecology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , biology , remote sensing , anthropology
Turvey & Pettorelli [[1][1]] present a fascinating study exploring links between biological and linguistic diversity across New Guinea. With the world's highest linguistic diversity (around 900 languages, an average of one language per 1000 km2 [[2][2]]), as well as the high biodiversity
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