The ÖAW project ClimGrassHydro (Earth System Sciences Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) investigated the effects of summer drought on the productivity and water use of managed grassland under current and future climate conditions.

How the dry spells and droughts in Austria — increasing in frequency due to climate warming — affect grassland and plant populations, and how targeted adaptation strategies, management options and climate protection can help counter these effects, are questions answered by the Fact Sheet authored by: Michael Bahn, Andreas Schaumberger, Erich M. Pötsch, Birgit Bednar-Friedl, Steffen Birk, Markus Herndl, Andreas Klingler, Christine Stumpp and Martha Stangl!

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