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Author Sterling, Eleanor J.

Title Vietnam : a natural history / Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh ; with illustrations by Joyce A. Powzyk
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006

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 MELB  508.597 Ste/Van  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page) and index
Subject Natural history -- Vietnam.
Author Hurley, Martha Maud, 1966-
Le, Minh Duc, 1973-
LC no. 2005029254
ISBN 9780300106084 clothbound alkaline paper
0300106084 clothbound alkaline paper