Abstract:This paper describes the preliminary findings of the study of the impacts of landscape matrices upon the landscape diversity changes, taking into account the two sandy areas of Shazhuyu in Qinghai Province and Yulin in Shaanxi Province. Based upon the analysis of landscape diversity changes in the two sandy areas, it was concluded that the diversity index and evenness index of Yingde’er Township in Shazhuyu sandy area were in an increase trend while that of Kekegai Township in Yulin sandy area in a dec...