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Table 4 Day numbers during each period of rains and vegetation growth

From: Response of CO2 fluxes and productivity to water availability in two contrasting ecosystems in northern Benin (West Africa)

Ecosystems

Total length (days)

Rainy length (days)

Rainy/total rainy length (%)

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Forest

Savannah

Forest

Savannah

Period I

121

5

5

4

4

Period II

61

20

19

16

14

Period III

122

80

88

65

66

Period IV

61

19

22

15

16

Total

365

124

134

100

100