Abstract:Eleven types of landscape belonging to eight topographic zones in Taishan Mountain of Shandong Province are recognized. These include: Pinus forests, Quercus forests, Robinia pseudoacacia forests, Platycladus orientalis forests, mixed forests, economic forests, shrubs, bare rocks, uncultivated land, waters, and buildings. Based on the remote sensing images and the field-surveyed data, the structural changes during a 15 years period from 1986 to 2001 in various types of landscape within eight zones are analy...