Systematic review data from: A climate adaptation menu for North American grasslands

North American grasslands are climate-vulnerable biomes that provide critical ecosystem services and support biodiversity. However, grasslands are often not included in climate policy and treaties, and they are underrepresented in the ecological climate-adaptation literature. We synthesized existing knowledge on climate adaptation in North American grasslands to provide resources and guidance for grassland managers facing increasing climate change impacts. We leveraged data from a systematic review and solicited input from management professionals at workshops to create a Grassland Adaptation Menu—a referenced, hierarchical list of specific grassland management tactics nested under broader climate adaptation strategies. Our review revealed that although the number of published studies examining grassland-climate topics is increasing, relatively few provide actionable recommendations for adaptation. Among studies that did make recommendations, landscape-planning principles such as conser..., These data are the product of a systematic review conducted on Web of Science to identify studies conducted on North American grasslands that address climate adaptation and managment in these systems under climate change. Studies were screened for revelvance, complied and collated, and vote count data were extracted on location, broad managment topic, system and organismal focus, and wether or not managment recommendations were made. , , # Systematic review data from: A climate adaptation menu for North American grasslands

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8931zcs23](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8931zcs23)

## Description of the data and file structure

These data were collected as part of a systematic review to support the creation of a grassland climate adaption menu tool. This repository contains 3 files including a word document containing Web of Science search terms, a csv containing metadata for all studies identified after screening, and a csv containing management recommendations extracted during a qualitive textual analysis.  

### Files and variables

#### File: Bernath-Plaisted\_et\_al\_2025\_management\_reccomendations.csv

**Description:** this file contains management recommendations extracted from studies identified in review in a qualitative textual analysis. Extracted text pertaining to management recommendations for grassland climate adaptation are associated with study metadata 

##### Variables

* Aut...