he agricuitural landscape is a mosaic of natural and human-managed patches that varyin size,shape and arrangement.These spatial patterns in the landscape may influence a vari-ety of ecological phenomena. Therefore,the analysis of landscape spatial patterns is an important component of understanding ecological dynamics. A geographic information system(GIS),fractal analysis,and statistical methods were used to examine the spatial patterns ofagricultural landscape in the loess area of China. 1:10000 land use ...