Figure 2. Multi-year averages of daily precipitation (PPT), soil temperature (T_s), photosynthetically active photon flux density (PPFD), volumetric soil water content (SWC) and leaf area index (LAI; for selected years and sites according to data availability) at the nine grassland sites Neustift (N), Monte Bondone (MB), Torgnon (TN), Lethbridge (L), Vaira (V), Tojal (T), Dripsey (D), Wexford (W) and Carlow (CW) in the three climate regions: cold-temperate (CT; alpine, A, and prairie, P), Mediterranean (MED) and maritime (MAR).