Chapter 1 Global Biodiversity Conservation: The Critical Role of Hotspots

Chapter 2 A Tough Choice: Approaches Towards the Setting of Global Conservation Priorities

Chapter 3 Quantifying Biodiversity: Does It Matter What We Measure?

Chapter 4 Human Population and the Hotspots Revisited: A 2010 Assessment

Chapter 5 Vascular Plant Diversity in a Changing World: Global Centres and Biome-Specific Patterns

Chapter 6 Genetic Basis of Human Biodiversity: An Update

Chapter 7 Mediterranean Peninsulas: The Evolution of Hotspots

Chapter 8 Global Change Effects on Alpine Plant Diversity

Chapter 9 European Hotspots as Evidenced by the Palearctic Distribution of Songbirds

Chapter 10 Patterns and Hotspots of Carabid Beetle Diversity in the Palaearctic: Insights from a Hyperdiverse Invertebrate Taxon

Chapter 11 The Carpathians as a Major Diversity Hotspot in Europe

Chapter 12 Conservation in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Insights from Cultural and Community Perspectives in Madagascar

Chapter 13 The Kingdom of the Frogs: Anuran Radiations in Madagascar

Chapter 14 Hotspots, Conservation, and Diseases: Madagascar’s Megadiverse Amphibians and the Potential Impact of Chytridiomycosis

Chapter 15 Impacts of Biofuel Expansion in Biodiversity Hotspots

Chapter 17 Status and Threats in the Dynamic Landscapes of Northern Australia’s Tropical Rainforest Biodiversity Hotspot: The Wet Tropics

Chapter 18 Explosive Speciation and Adaptive Radiation of East African Cichlid Fishes

Chapter 19 Inter- and Intraspecific Genetic Biodiversity in South East Asian Rodents: New Insights for Their Conservation

Chapter 20 The Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi: Underestimated Diversity in a Dynamic Environment

Chapter 21 The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot

Chapter 22 Sustainable Development and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador

Chapter 23 When Hotspots Meet: The Galápagos Islands: A Hotspot of Species Endemism Based on a Volcanic Hotspot Centre

Chapter 24 Hotspots on Global Coral Reefs

Chapter 25 Biodiversity of a Unique Environment: The Southern Ocean Benthos Shaped and Threatened by Climate Change

Chapter 26 Biodiversity Hotspots: Concluding Remarks and Perspectives