Ecological impacts of climate change in The Netherlands

Temperature in The Netherlands has increased substantially. In the last 20 years the annual temperature was 1°C higher than normal while the first months of the years were up to 2°C warmer than before. The increase in temperature has resulted in significant ecological impacts. This is a short summary of phenological changes ¿ changes in the timing of life cycle events and distributional changes in populations of plants and animals ¿ in The Netherlands