Vietnam : a natural history / / Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh ; with illustrations by Joyce A. Powzyk.
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 423 p. :; col. ill., maps (some col.). |
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Table of 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.