Table 5 Statistics of HQ grades and areas in HRB from 2000 to 2023.

From: Spatio-temporal evolution in habitat quality and its driving factors in Han River Basin, China

HQ class

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

2023

Area/Ten thousand km2

Proportion/%

Area/Ten thousand km2

Proportion/%

Area/Ten thousand km2

Proportion/%

Area/Ten thousand km2

Proportion/%

Area/Ten thousand km2

Proportion/%

Area/Ten thousand km2

Proportion/%

Low

[0–0.2)

5.35

33.65

5.39

33.89

5.48

34.47

5.66

35.60

5.67

35.67

5.69

35.79

Lower

[0.2–0.4)

2.44

15.36

2.44

15.33

2.42

15.23

2.40

15.08

2.33

14.65

2.32

14.60

Medium

[0.4–0.6)

1.86

11.67

1.85

11.65

1.74

10.94

1.74

10.95

1.72

10.82

1.69

10.63

Higher

[0.6–0.8)

2.69

16.90

2.67

16.82

2.73

17.17

2.69

16.92

2.70

16.99

2.72

17.12

High

[0.8–1)

3.56

22.41

3.55

22.31

3.53

22.20

3.41

21.45

3.48

21.86

3.48

21.87

Average HQ

0.461

0.459

0.456

0.446

0.448

0.453