Abstract: Habitat fragmentation has become the primary threat to biodiversity. Due to the rapid economic development in China, a large number of natural intact habitats are suffering from fragmentation, driving a rapid loss of biodiversity in China. This review summarized the studies of effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity occurred in China based on different  habitat types， taxa and spatial scales. This review provided basic information for the management and conservation of biodiversity at local and regional scales. We recommended that future studies should focus on multiscale and multidiscipline and longterm fragmentation experiments to reveal the mechanism of habitat fragmentation.

Key words: prediction model, soil nutrient, feature wavelength, loess hilly-gully region.