Pindorama Biological Reserve

Pindorama Biological Reserve
Reserva Biológica de Pindorama
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Nearest city	Catanduva, São Paulo
Coordinates	21°13′26″S 48°54′47″W
Designation	Biological reserve
Administrator	Agronegócio da Região Centro Norte

Pindorama Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica de Pindorama) is a biological reserve in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

The reserve is located in the municipality of Pindorama in the state of São Paulo. It has a total area of 532.8 hectares (1,317 acres). Altitude ranges from 498 to 594 metres (1,634 to 1,949 ft). Average annual rainfall is 1,258 millimetres (49.5 in). Average temperature is 19.3 °C (66.7 °F) in the winter and 23.8 °C (74.8 °F) in the summer.[1]

Conservation

The Pindorama Experimental Station of the Instituto Agronômico da Coordenadoria da Pesquisa Agropecuária was transformed into the biological reserve by law no.4.960 of 6 January 1986.[2] There are four fragments of surviving tropical semi-deciduous forest of the Atlantic Forest biome, covering about 120 hectares (300 acres).[1] 169 species of birds have been identified.[3]

Notes

1. Nogueira Abdo, Valeri & Ferraudo 2015, p. 2.
2. Franco Montoro 1986.
3. Barros & Santana.

Sources

• Barros, Daiane R. de; Santana, Jefferson Otaviano, "Avifauna da Reserva Biológica de Pindorama", Táxeus Listas de Espécies, retrieved 2016-04-28
• Franco Montoro (6 January 1986), Lei nº 4.960, de 6 de janeiro de 1986 (in Portuguese), Governo do Estado de São Paulo, retrieved 2016-04-28
• Nogueira Abdo, Maria Teresa Vilela; Valeri, Sergio Valiengo; Ferraudo, Antonio Sergio (2015), "Avaliação do efeito de borda da Reserva Biológica de Pindorama, SP", Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável (in Portuguese), 10 (4): 01, doi:10.18378/rvads.v10i4.3398, retrieved 2016-04-28