The island biogeography of languages

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 958-967

  Gavin, Michael C ^a,b   Sibanda, Nokuthaba ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Diversity; Ecological risk; Habitat heterogeneity; History; Island biogeography; Isolation; Languages; Pacific islands; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND; LANGUAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84866174568     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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