Vietnam
Subtitle: a natural history
By: Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh ; with illustrations by Joyce Powzyk.
Contributors: Hurley, Martha Maud, 1966-; Le, Minh Duc, 1973-
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9780300106084
Subjects: Natural history -- Vietnam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.      ) and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to Vietnam; title: Humans and the environment; title: Biogeography of Vietnam; title: Vietnam's living environments; title: The fauna of Vietnam; title: Northern Vietnam : termination of the Himalayas; title: Central Vietnam and the Truong Son Range : from wet mountains to dry forests; title: Southern Vietnam : ascendancy of the Mekong; title: Threats to Vietnam's biodiversity; title: Conservation : the future of Vietnam's living world; title: Appendix 1. Ethnic groups and their distribution in Vietnam; title: Appendix 2. Endemic and restricted-range mammals and birds in Vietnam; title: Appendix 3. New terrestrial vertebrates described from Vietnam, 1992-2004; title: Appendix 4. New plant genera described from Vietnam, 1992-2004.