Abstract:As one of the fundamental approaches in ecological research, experiment is a key step in the validation of hypotheses and the development of theories. It was not until late 1980s that the experimental approach began to be applied in landscape ecology, and developed more slowly than other approaches. In recent years, the concept of “landscape” has been increasingly emphasized as “the spatial heterogeneity at various scales”. Furthermore, the comparatively large scale and spatial heterogeneity of the objects...