Vietnam:a natural history

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sterling Eleanor J
Group Author: Hurley Martha Maud 1966-; Le Minh Duc 1973-
Published: Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New Haven
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xviii, 423 p.: col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0300106084 (clothbound : alk. paper)
9780300106084 (clothbound : alk. paper)
Index Number: N913
CLC: N913.33
Call Number: N913.33/S838
Contents: 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 describe