World Species : Protected Area : Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra

Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra

Location:	Madagascar
IUCN Category:	II
Area:	76,961 acres (31,145 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
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Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Cfb (Climate: warm temperate; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Madagascar ericoid thickets
Madagascar subhumid forests

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B						C

Share	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %	30 %	20 %	20 %	10 %	10 %	10 %
Soil Type	Orthic Ferralsols	Humic Ferralsols	Humic Acrisols	Humic Gleysols	Orthic Ferralsols	Dystric Nitosols	Orthic Acrisols	Dystric Fluvisols	Dystric Gleysols	Rhodic Ferralsols	Eutric Nitosols	Orthic Acrisols	Ferric Acrisols	Rankers	Lithosols	Ferralic Cambisols
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Fine	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	30 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Poor	Poor	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	50 mm	15 mm	150 m
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	3 %	5 %	4 %	3 %	11 %	10 %	4 %	2 %	1 %	10 %	10 %	23 %	10 %	26 %	1 %
Sand	60 %	53 %	46 %	33 %	60 %	44 %	49 %	49 %	40 %	22 %	49 %	49 %	53 %	48 %	43 %	52 %
Silt	14 %	20 %	30 %	45 %	14 %	33 %	27 %	32 %	39 %	19 %	28 %	27 %	22 %	31 %	34 %	25 %
Clay	26 %	27 %	24 %	22 %	26 %	23 %	24 %	19 %	21 %	59 %	23 %	24 %	25 %	21 %	23 %	23 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay (heavy)	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.4 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.2 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.45 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.06 %	2.34 %	1.73 %	3.71 %	1.06 %	0.99 %	1 %	1.1 %	1.25 %	1.42 %	0.58 %	1 %	0.98 %	1.43 %	1.4 %	0.95 %
PH	5	4.8	5	5.5	5	4.9	4.6	5	5.1	5.4	6.2	4.6	5.1	5.1	7.6	4.7
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	8 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	19 cmol kg⁻¹	33 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	24 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	32 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	6 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	38 %	20 %	27 %	34 %	38 %	51 %	44 %	36 %	47 %	61 %	81 %	44 %	49 %	47 %	100 %	39 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2 cmol kg⁻¹	1.2 cmol kg⁻¹	2.5 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.9 cmol kg⁻¹	5.5 cmol kg⁻¹	6.7 cmol kg⁻¹	7.2 cmol kg⁻¹	3.5 cmol kg⁻¹	2.7 cmol kg⁻¹	3.7 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	2.6 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	3.9 %	0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	3 %	3 %	7 %	5 %	3 %	26 %	10 %	8 %	4 %	3 %	5 %	10 %	19 %			5 %
Sand	51 %	53 %	41 %	37 %	51 %	35 %	40 %	52 %	41 %	19 %	38 %	40 %	41 %			48 %
Silt	14 %	18 %	26 %	35 %	14 %	24 %	24 %	28 %	34 %	17 %	23 %	24 %	20 %			24 %
Clay	35 %	29 %	33 %	28 %	35 %	41 %	36 %	20 %	25 %	64 %	39 %	36 %	39 %			28 %
USDA Texture	Sandy clay	Sandy clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Sandy clay	Clay	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay (heavy)	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam			Sandy clay loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.35 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.34 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.43 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.19 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.32 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³			1.37 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.17 g/cm³	1.35 g/cm³	1.46 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.53 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.29 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.19 g/cm³	1.54 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³			1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.35 %	1.12 %	0.77 %	0.69 %	0.35 %	0.38 %	0.42 %	0.42 %	0.4 %	0.59 %	0.4 %	0.42 %	0.39 %			0.35 %
PH	5	5	5.2	5.6	5	5	4.8	5	5.2	5.5	6.3	4.8	5			4.9
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	9 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	22 cmol kg⁻¹	31 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	41 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹			12 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	4 cmol kg⁻¹	5 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	4 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	10 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹	6 cmol kg⁻¹			5 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	46 %	40 %	21 %	62 %	46 %	28 %	32 %	28 %	47 %	36 %	82 %	32 %	33 %			57 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	4.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹	2.8 cmol kg⁻¹	4.7 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.9 cmol kg⁻¹	6.1 cmol kg⁻¹	3.6 cmol kg⁻¹	9.4 cmol kg⁻¹	2.3 cmol kg⁻¹	1.3 cmol kg⁻¹			3.7 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %			0 %
Exchangeable Sodium	3 %	3 %	1 %	4 %	3 %	1 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	2 %			2 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1			0.1 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263