Vietnam : a natural history / Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh ; with illustrations by Joyce A. Powzyk.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006.Description: xviii, 423 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0300106084 : HRD
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 508.597 22
LOC classification:
  • QH184.6 .S74 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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