Global Litter Invertebrate Decomposition Experiment

Souilène, Sénégal

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Dr. Leonard Elie

Dr. Alain Brauman
Laboratoire IBIS d'Ecologie Microbienne des Sols Tropicaux
Centre IRD de Bel-Air
BP 1386, Dakar
Sénégal
Telephone : (+221) 849 33 27
Fax : (+221) 83216 75 or 849 33 15

Site Description

Site Location

Site location is 16°25` N, 15° 30`W.

Site Area

Site Elevation

Annual Rainfall

Rainfall is 150 to 250 mm annually, falling exclusively between July and September.

Annual Temperature

Temperature means are max. 45°C, min 25°C.

Soil

Soil is aridisol, and the landuse pastoral.

Native Forest/Vegetation Types

Vegetation is natural dry savanna dominated by Acacia and Balanites spp. (trees and shrubs).

Principal Biome/Ecoregion

Site Souilène is in the Sahelian savanna zone.

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Photo courtesy of Alain Brauman

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This webpage is funded by the Soil Science Society of America.

Please contact the GLIDE headquarters (email: glide@nrel.colostate.edu) if you have any comments or questions.

GLIDE was a project of the International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002

This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 98 06437 Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.