Northward shift and changes in occurrence of selected freshwater species
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Created 12 Nov 2009
Published 12 Nov 2009
Last modified 24 May 2017
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Climate change adaptation
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This indicator shows the evolution of the number of observations of Southern European dragonfly species in Flanders. Due to climate change the number of records of Southern European dragonflies increases in Flanders. Some species that were only occasional visitors in the past, such as Lestes barbarus now have permanent populations.
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Last upload:
- 30 Sep 2008
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Temporal coverage:
- 1960-1970 , 1980-2007
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Tags:
- climate change , freshwater , species
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Geographic coverage:
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- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Graph
Additional information
Right: observed occurrence of southern dragonflies in Belgium, 1980-2007.
Left: northward shift of range margins of British Odonata, dragonflies and damselflies, between 1960-1970 and 1985-1995
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