TY - BOOK AU - Sterling,Eleanor J. AU - Hurley,Martha Maud AU - Le,Minh Duc TI - Vietnam: a natural history SN - 0300106084 : HRD AV - QH184.6 .S74 2006 U1 - 508.597 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Natural history KW - Vietnam N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip061/2005029254.html ER -