Madagascar dry deciduous forests

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dry deciduous forest ecoregion terrestrial ecoregion

The Madagascar dry deciduous forests are a unique ecoregion of seasonally dry, biodiversity-rich woodlands on Madagascar, home to many endemic plant and animal species adapted to pronounced wet and dry seasons.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dry deciduous forest ⓘ ecoregion ⓘ terrestrial ecoregion ⓘ
adaptation	deciduous leaf-shedding in dry season ⓘ drought-tolerant plants ⓘ species adapted to long dry season ⓘ
biodiversity	biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
biome	tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ⓘ
characteristicVegetation	baobab-dominated woodland ⓘ deciduous woodland ⓘ dry forest ⓘ
climate	seasonally dry tropical climate ⓘ
conservationStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalFunction	carbon storage ⓘ soil conservation ⓘ watershed protection ⓘ
faunaExample	Coquerel's sifaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Decken's sifaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar fish eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar giant jumping rat NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar teal NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Berthe's mouse lemur NERFINISHED ⓘ Oustalet's chameleon NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Dam's vanga NERFINISHED ⓘ fat-tailed dwarf lemur ⓘ fossa NERFINISHED ⓘ giant coua NERFINISHED ⓘ narrow-striped mongoose ⓘ
floraExample	Adansonia grandidieri NERFINISHED ⓘ Adansonia rubrostipa NERFINISHED ⓘ Adansonia za NERFINISHED ⓘ Commiphora species ⓘ Dalbergia species ⓘ Pachypodium species ⓘ
hasEndemism	high animal endemism ⓘ high plant endemism ⓘ
locatedOn	island of Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedAreaExample	Ankarafantsika National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Baie de Baly National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirindy Mitea National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
realm	Afrotropical realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonality	pronounced dry season ⓘ pronounced wet season ⓘ
threat	charcoal production ⓘ deforestation ⓘ habitat fragmentation ⓘ illegal logging ⓘ slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ

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Afrotropical → contains → Madagascar dry deciduous forests ⓘ

subject surface form: Afrotropical realm