Mandena Conservation Zone Explained
| Coordinates: | -24.95°N 46.99°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Madagascar |
| Area Water Ha: | 82 |
| Area Land Ha: | 148 |
Mandena Conservation Zone is a conservation zone in southeast Madagascar.
Description
The zone is located 10 kilometres north of Fort Dauphin, three kilometres from the southeast coast of the island country. The zone has 82 hectares of swamp, and 148 hectares of littoral forest. The 2,800 milimeters of rainfall mostly occurs in the November to April rainy season, the zone has a temperature range of 9.5 to 35 degrees Celsius.[1]
The zone is inhabited by Ganzhorn’s mouse lemur, eastern fat-tailed dwarf lemur, greater dwarf lemur, southern woolly lemur, Southern lesser bamboo lemur, collared brown lemurs[2] and the Madagascan flying fox.[3]
See also
Notes and References
- Eppley . Timothy M. . Balestri . Michela . Campera . Marco . Rabenantoandro . Johny . Ramanamanjato . Jean-Baptiste . Randriatafika . Faly . Ganzhorn . Jörg U. . Donati . Giuseppe . April 2017 . Ecological Flexibility as Measured by the Use of Pioneer and Exotic Plants by Two Lemurids: Eulemur collaris and Hapalemur meridionalis . International Journal of Primatology . en . 38 . 2 . 338–357 . 10.1007/s10764-016-9943-8 . 254543825 . 0164-0291.
- Konersmann C, Noromiarilanto F, Ratovonamana YR, et al. Using Utilitarian Plants for Lemur Conservation. International Journal of Primatology. 2022;43(6):1026-1045. doi:10.1007/s10764-021-00200-y
- Oleksy . Ryszard . Giuggioli . Luca . McKetterick . Thomas J. . Racey . Paul A. . Jones . Gareth . 2017-09-06 . Russo . Danilo . Flying foxes create extensive seed shadows and enhance germination success of pioneer plant species in deforested Madagascan landscapes . PLOS ONE . en . 12 . 9 . e0184023 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0184023 . 1932-6203 . 5587229 . 28877248 . free .
