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Chapter 1. The Bark as a Bioindicator of Atmospheric Contamination by Heavy Metals According to Vehicular Traffic Intensity in El Tambo, Huancayo, Peru -- Chapter 2. Nipa Sap (Nypa Fruitican) as Supplementary Feedstock for Bioethanol Production in the Philippines: The Pamplona Experience -- Chapter 3. Optimization of Fuel Cell Power Systems using Biogas from Palm Oil Mill Plant -- Chapter 4. Identification of Community-Level Sustainability Indicators: A Climate Change and Risk Management Perspective -- Chapter 5. Study of extreme precipitations in corn culture in Chupaca, Junín - Perú 2009 – 2019 -- Chapter 6. Spatiotemporal Mapping of Agroforestry Degradation of Five Districts of Uttarakhand, India with Spectral Indices -- Chapter 7. Wood as a Catalyst for Construction and Architecture that facilitates the creation of sustainable and resilient communities. The case of the Palafitos de Chiloé, Chile -- Chapter 8. Identifying the most significant factors affecting urban housing sustainability and their scales/sectors of influence: a systematic review of the recent literature -- Chapter 9. Academic Study of Tourists' Pro-Environmental Behaviour: A Literature Review -- Chapter 10. Green Building Design as a mechanism to strengthen resilient and sustainable communities. The case of the churches and the palafitos, Chiloé Chile -- Chapter 11. Analysis of the Vicugna pacos (alpaca) wool fiber in the properties of concrete -- Chapter 12. Assessment of Bridge Damage Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Chapter 13. Hill-Patch system as a strategic management model to activate and conserve urban axes: The case of the San Bernardo Green Corridor, Santiago, Chile.

Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field due to an enhanced understanding of the importance of wetlands and the numerous laws and policies that have been developed to protect these areas. This growth is demonstrated by the creation and growth of the Society of Wetland Scientists which was formed in 1980 and now has a membership of 3,500 people. It is also illustrated by the existence of 2 journals (Wetlands and Wetlands Ecology and Management) devoted entirely to wetlands. To date there has been no practical, comprehensive techniques book centered on wetlands, and written for wetland researchers, students, and managers. This techniques book aims to fill that gap. It is designed to provide an overview of the various methods that have been used or developed by researchers and practitioners to study, monitor, manage, or create wetlands. Including many methods usually found only in the peer-reviewed or gray literature, this 3-volume set fills a major niche and for all professionals dealing with wetlands

Here is a practical wetland techniques book that covers the many sub-disciplines within this broad field. It provides an overview of the methods that have been used or developed by researchers and practitioners to study, monitor, manage or create wetlands.

Context Evaluating the adequacy of created wetlands to replace the functions of lost natural wetlands is important because wetland mitigation is a major tool used to offset wetland losses. However, measurements such as vegetative cover and presence of wildlife may not provide sufficient evidence that created wetlands are functioning properly. Thus, examining the ecology of wetland biota such as that of amphibians may be a more useful surrogate for function. Aims The objectives of this study were to compare the abundance of amphibian metamorphs and survival and growth of larval amphibians in created wetlands, relative to natural wetlands. Methods Amphibian metamorphs were trapped in created and natural wetlands during the spring (April–May) and summer (June–August) of 2009 and 2010, and 165 green frog (Lithobates clamitans) larvae were raised during the spring of 2010 in laboratory aquaria containing water from created or natural wetlands. Key results Abundance of spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) metamorphs decreased significantly from 2009 to 2010 and abundance of green frog metamorphs increased with habitat complexity, but both were unaffected by wetland type. Detection probability of metamorphs of both species was low, increased with water temperature and declined with month of observation. Survival, growth curves and mass were similar among green frog larvae raised in created and natural wetland aquaria. Conclusions Our results suggest that the created and natural wetlands we examined function similarly with respect to providing adequate breeding habitat for green frogs and spring peepers. Implications Wetlands created to offset the loss of natural wetlands, although generally not designed for the purpose of wildlife habitat, can function as adequate breeding habitat for generalist amphibians such as green frogs and spring peepers.