Human populations and natural ecosystems of West Africa are highly vulnerable to rainfall variability, which led to the realization of many studies to try to understand the potential influence of rainfall on the photosynthetic activity of plants. Sahel region was particularly studied, because it was hit hard by the long drought occurred during the second half of the twentieth century. Work on the Guinean area are uncommon, the study applies to the Upper Valley of Ouémé, a study site of the AMMA-CATCH observing facility located in Benin. The objective of the study is to characterize the relationship between seasonal metric of different vegetation types (start, end and duration of the period of plant growth) and rainfall variability at a spat...