Estimation of soil organic carbon stocks following land use-land cover types in Patako area, Senegal

The data consists of composite soil samples taken following the different land use/cover layers of Patako forest and its adjacent agrosystem. Data collection was performed on 28 randomly selected sites. In each site, samples were taken at 6 sampling points over a total depth of 40 cm with 2 levels: 0-20 cm and 20-40 cm. At least, 56 samples were collected with 30 in the forested land and 26 in farmland.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description Patako forest, center west of Senegal
Bounding coordinates
North: 13.7486
West: -16.33
East: -16.1708
South: 13.6194
Temporal coverage
Timestep 2015
Other info
Last Updated December 17, 2020, 15:18 (UTC)
Created December 17, 2020, 15:18 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator
Name Simon Sambou
Organization affiliations
Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Institute of Environmental sciences, UNDESERT project

Dakar
Senegal
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Contact
Name Simon Sambou
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Organization affiliations
Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Institute of Environmental sciences, UNDESERT project

Dakar
Senegal

Associated party
Name Simon Sambou
Role

Associated party
Name Cheikh Mbow
Role

Associated party
Name Anne Mette Lykke
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Metadata provider
Name Marco Schmidt

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https://dataportal.senckenberg.de/dataset/0915a673-1bfd-474d-aaf3-17c0744ecfc6