Vietnam:a natural history
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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 described from Vietnam, 1992-2004 -- Appendix 4. New plant genera described from Vietnam, 1992-2004. |