13 Policy Matters.qxp

Understanding aand mmeasuring bbiocultural ddiversity

y=0.3261x/0.8557

R^2 =0.7101

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Figure 1. Bird/mammal species-area plot

Figure 2. Languages-area plot

y=0.3105x-0.1969

R^2 =0.5793