Construction and optimization of ecological security patterns in Chinese black soil areas considering ecological importance and vulnerability.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC11982248 · PMID 40204823

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The area proportion of buffer zones has shown a decreasing trend, gradually declining from 24.29% in 2002 to 20.91% in 2022.

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The number of corridors decreased from 132 in 2002 to 89 in 2022, and the total length showed a trend of “first increase and then decrease” (2002:6410 km → 2012:8415 km → 2022:5373 km), which may be closely related to the patch dynamics of ecological source area in the study area.

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