When south goes north: Mediterranean dragonflies (Odonata) conquer Flanders (North-Belgium)
Since 1980, eight southern dragonfly species have been regularly recorded in Flanders. They show a significant increase in relative abundance, relative area as well as indications of reproduction since the beginning of the nineties, with peak occurrence mainly in the 1995–1999 period. Since 2000, numbers are lower but more species were simultaneously present. Three species, Lestes barbarus, Crocothemis erythraea and Sympetrum fonscolombii, show a combination of earlier arrival, earlier reproduction with a higher frequency and higher maximum ranges and can be considered asstable populations in... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Research article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
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Pensoft Publishers
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Schlagwörter: | Odonata / dragonflies / range extension / Belgium / climate change / relative abundance |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26585882 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.5.855 |