Berenty Reserve

Berenty Reserve is a small private reserve of gallery forest along the Mandrare River, set in the semi-arid spiny forest ecoregion of the far south of Madagascar. For more than three decades the late primatologist Alison Jolly (who started the research at Berenty),[1][2][3][4] other researchers[5][6] and students have visited Berenty to conduct fieldwork on lemurs. The reserve is also a favourite for visitors who want to see some of Madagascar's endemic bird species, which include owls and couas.

Lemur catta in Berenty Reserve

The reserve has accommodation in the forest and a set of forest trails to explore. It attracts the most visitors of any Madagascar nature reserve. It is reached after a two-hour drive from Tôlagnaro on the southeast coast.

List of lemur species found in Berenty Reserve[7]
Viewing time Species
Daytime
Nighttime

See also

References
  1. Lemur behavior: a Madagascar field study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1964.
  2. Mertl-Millhollen, AS; Gustafson, HL; Budnitz, N; Dainis, K; Jolly, A (1979). "Population and territory stability of Lemur catta at Berenty, Madagascar". Folia Primatologica. 31: 106–123. doi:10.1159/000155875. PMID 114464.
  3. Jolly, A.; et al. (1982). "Population and troop ranges of Lemur catta and Lemur fulvus at Berenty, Madagascar: 1980 census". Folia Primatologica. 39: 115–123. doi:10.1159/000156070.
  4. Jolly, A.; et al. (1982). "Propithecus verreauxi population and ranging at Berenty, Madagascar: 1975 and 1980". Folia Primatologica. 39: 124–144. doi:10.1159/000156071.
  5. Howarth, C.J.; et al. (1986). "Population Ecology of the Ring-tailed Lemur and the White Sifaka at Berenty, 1981". Folia Primatologica. 47: 39–48. doi:10.1159/000156262. PMID 3557229.
  6. Wilson, Jane (1995). Lemurs of the Lost World. Impact, London. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-874687-48-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Mittermeier, R.A.; Louis, E.E.; Richardson, M.; Schwitzer, C.; et al. (2010). Lemurs of Madagascar. Illustrated by S.D. Nash (3rd ed.). Conservation International. p. 640–644. ISBN 978-1-934151-23-5. OCLC 670545286.
  • Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Sinclair and Langrand, 1998.

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