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Abstract
A close relation exists between the land cover situation and the environmental conditions of local wildlife species. This paper aimed to analyze the alterations of the land cover in two periods (1988 / 1995 and 1995 / 2003) regarding changes or persistence of the each land cover class and habitat assessment (establishment of categories of habitat quality) for a place in Brazilian Southeastern region. The study was carried out using digital land cover maps of the study area. Using a routine of GIS software, data were analyzed and the thematic maps generated. The data indicates that the region presented a dynamic land cover change, where almost a half of the study area presented changing in the land cover during the studied period. Major portion of the study area (~80%) was considered unsuitable for wildlife species establishment. It is urgent the necessity for a territorial reorganization in some regions aiming the construction of a biodiversity corridor to avoid a total isolation of the patches classified as primary habitat. The recovery of riparian forests along the rivers could accomplish it.
Highlights
Current condition of the land cover normally constitutes the result of historical process of land use and land cover alteration since preterit periods (Lambin et al, 2003)
The study area is Sorocaba (São Paulo State), a city located in the Southeastern of Brazil (Figure 1), with area of 456 km2 and 532,000 inhabitants (98% of them living in urban settlements)
The class “primary habitat” occupied approximately 9% of the study area for the three studied periods
Summary
Current condition of the land cover normally constitutes the result of historical process of land use and land cover alteration since preterit periods (Lambin et al, 2003). Aiming to establish guidelines for an adequate and sustainable management of the remnant vegetation and wildlife species, many studies employing GIS technology have been developed, where the maps are the key products (Becker et al, 2004; Korman, 2003). These products might indicate suitable and unsuitable areas for biological conservation and establishment of corridors for biological conservation (Gontier et al, 2006). They constitute crucial database for planning, sometimes elaborated from preexistent land cover maps
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