Vietnam [electronic resource] : a natural history / Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh ; with illustrations by Joyce A. Powzyk.
Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.Description: xviii, 423 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.)ISBN:- 0300106084 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- 9780300106084 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- 508.597 22
- QH184.6 .S74 2006eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-406) and index.
An introduction to Vietnam -- Humans and the environment -- Biogeography of Vietnam -- Vietnam's living environments -- The fauna of Vietnam -- Northern Vietnam : termination of the Himalayas -- Central Vietnam and the Truong Son Range : from wet mountains to dry forests -- Southern Vietnam : ascendancy of the Mekong -- Threats to Vietnam's biodiversity -- Conservation : the future of Vietnam's living world -- Appendix 1. Ethnic groups and their distribution in Vietnam -- Appendix 2. Endemic and restricted-range mammals and birds in Vietnam -- Appendix 3. New terrestrial vertebrates described from Vietnam, 1992-2004 -- Appendix 4. New plant genera described from Vietnam, 1992-2004.
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