Summary
To optimise trade-offs provided by future changes in grassland use intensity, spatially and temporally explicit estimates of respective grassland productivities are required at the systems level. Here, we benchmark the potential national availability of grassland biomass, identify optimal strategies for its management, and investigate the relative importance of intensification over reversion (prioritising productivity versus environmental ecosystem services). Process-conservative meta-models for different grasslands were used to calculate the baseline dry matter yields (DMY; 1961-1990) at 1km<sup>2</sup> resolution for the whole UK. The effects of climate change, rising atmospheric [CO<sub>2</sub>] and technological progress on baseline DMYs were used to estimate future grassland productiv
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