StartClim2008.E: Developement of landscape structures to reduce evaporation regarding climate change and the production of biomass
Abstract
Climate scenarios as well as agricultural studies point at drought problems for the cultivation of arable land in eastern parts of Austria. In the coming years this trend might be strengthened and especially for organic farming larger harvesting failures can be expected. Eastern Austria is dominated by large-scale fields and a lack of landscape structures. The present research project is investigating positive effects of these structures to enhance the micro climate on fields. Therefore natural landscape structures should be developed, which fulfil economic, climatic and ecological requirements. Appropriate plants will be cultivated on the fields - similar to agroforestry systems - to advance efficiency in terms of resource use (biomass, biogas, renewable raw materials) and (water) resource protection of the soil. Different adapted variants of landscape structures will be valuated by their costs and economical benefits. This project will provide a scientific background for assessing the profitability of landscape structures in fields in Eastern Austrian regions. With these results an adaptation of agrarian land use to climate change are presented.
keywords climate change landscape structures evaporation
Publikationen
Entwicklung und ökonomische Abschätzung unterschiedlicher Landschaftsstrukturen auf Ackerflächen zur Verringerung der Evapotranspiration vor dem Hintergrund eines Klimawandels unter besonderer Berücksichtigung einer Biomasseproduktion
Autoren: Brandenburg, Ch., Gerersdorfer, T., Bahrs, E., Allex, B., Schweinzer, A., Eitzinger, J., Ferner, B., Völler, S., Surböck, A., Freyer, B., Heinzinger, M. Jahr: 2009
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Der Beitrag von Landschaftsstrukturen (z.B. Windschutzhecken) zur Ertragssituation im Ackerbau in Ostösterreich
Autoren: Gerersdorfer, T., Brandenburg, Ch., Bahrs, E., Eitzinger, J. Jahr: 2010
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Christiane Brandenburg
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Christiane Brandenburg
christiane.brandenburg@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85312
Project Leader
24.06.2008 - 30.06.2009
Josef Eitzinger
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Josef Eitzinger
josef.eitzinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81422
Project Staff
24.06.2008 - 30.06.2009
Andreas Surböck
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Surböck
a.surboeck@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93322
Project Staff
24.06.2008 - 30.06.2009
BOKU partners
External partners
University of Hohenheim
none
partner