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3.3 Spatial correlation between ecosystem health and urbanization from 2000 to 2020

The global Moran’I results demonstrated that the spatial distribution of EHI and urbanization was not random, but presented a negative spatial correlation (all Moran’s I values <0 and p-values < 0.05) (Table 6), which indicated that urbanization degrading ecosystem health. However, the degree of negative correlation varied across time. The negative correlation was strongest in 2005 (Moran’s I: -0.059), and gradually increased after 2010.