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Identifying, classifying and mapping the ecosystem services provide an overview of ecosystems, as well as highlight the relevance of biodiversity and of their effective functioning. This study aimed to identify the ES and locate them spatially in the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve considering the conditions and land use classes observed in 2017. The chosen methodology was based on the study by Burkhard et al. (2009) and the results showed a high supply potential in the reserve, especially in natural areas and the loss of provision of cultural and regulatory services. It is concluded that the area has its ecosystem services threatened and need attention to avoid further compromise of the natural dynamics in the reserve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of landscape structure refers to the study of the landscape from the measurement and quantification of its structural and spatial aspects. The objective of this article is to evaluate the landscape metrics in the extreme western of São Paulo State, Brazil. For this, we used satellite image information and a Geographic Information System to identify the degree of landscape shredding and the isolation. As results, we verified that the area is covered by anthropic uses, which represented 73.92%, and the rest is distributed in natural areas (wetland, island and forest fragments and water corpus). When analyzing the area index, referring to the size of the fragments, we could identify that the highest percentages are concentrated in pasture (42.51%) and agriculture (28.58). The analyzed indexes confirm that the fragmentation of the landscape is expressive and undergoes intense perturbations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]