From the contents:
Part I Introductory AND GLOBAL Aspects
Chapter 1
Russell A. Mittermeier, Will R. Turner, Frank W. Larsen, Thomas M. Brooks, Claude Gascon:
Global Biodiversity Conservation: The Critical Role of Hotspots
Chapter 2
Christine B. Schmitt:
Tough Choices Approaches towards the Setting of Global Conservation Priorities
Chapter 3
T. Jonathan Davies, Mark W. Cadotte:
Quantifying Biodiversity Does It Matter What We Measure?
Chapter 4
John N. Williams:
Human Population and the Hotspots Revisited: a 2010 assessment
Chapter 5
Jens Mutke, Jan H. Sommer, Holger Kreft, Gerold Kier, Wilhelm Barthlott:
Plant Diversity in a Changing World: Global Centres and Biome-Specific Trends
Chapter 6
Guido Barbujani, Vincenza Colonna:
Genetic Basis of Human Biodiversity: an Update
Part II biodiversity in the Palaearctic
Chapter 7
Godfrey M. Hewitt:
Mediterranean Peninsulas The Evolution of Hotspots
Chapter 8
Georg Grabherr, Michael Gottfried, Harald Pauli:
Global Change Effects on Alpine Plant Diversity
Chapter 9
Ronald Sluys, Mansour Aliabadian, Cees S. Roselaar:
European Hotspots as Evidenced by the Palaearctic Distribution of Songbirds
Chapter 10
Andreas Schuldt, Thorsten Assmann:
Patterns and Hotspots of Carabid Beetle Diversity in the Palaearctic Insights from a Hyperdiverse Invertebrate Taxon
Chapter 11
Miklós Bßlint, Lujza Ujvßrosi, Kathrin Theissinger, Stephanie Lehrian, Noemi Meszßros, Steffen U. Pauls:
A Neglected Diversity Hotspot: Genetic Variation in the Carpathians
Part III Biodiversity in madagascar
Chapter 12
Nadine V. M. Fritz-Vietta, H. Barry Ferguson, S. Stoll-Kleemann, Jörg U. Ganzhorn:
Conservation in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Insights from Cultural and Community Perspectives in Madagascar
Chapter 13
Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Jörn Köhler, Axel Strauß, Roger D. Randrianiaina, Julian Glos, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences:
The Kingdom of the Frogs Anuran Radiations in Madagascar
Chapter 14
Stefan Lötters, Dennis Rödder, Jos Kielgast, Frank Glaw:
Hotspots, Conservation and Diseases: Madagascar s megadiverse amphibians and the potential impact of chytridiomycosis
Part IV biodiversity in the tropics
Chapter 15
Janice S. H. Lee, John Garcia-Ulloa, Lian P. Koh:
Impacts of Biofuel Expansion in Biodiversity Hotspots
Chapter 16
Kristen J. Williams, Andrew Ford, Daniel Rosauer, Naamal De Silva, Russell Mittermeier, Caroline Bruce, Frank W. Larsen, Chris Margules:
Forests of East Australia: The 35th Biodiversity Hotspot
Chapter 17
Nigel E. Stork, Steve Goosem, Stephen M. Turton:
Status and Threats in the Dynamic Landscapes of Northern Australia s Tropical Rainforest Biodiversity Hotspot: the Wet Tropics
Chapter 18
Christian Sturmbauer, Martin Husemann, Patrick Danley:
Explosive Speciation and Adaptive Radiation of East African Cichlid Fishes
Chapter 19
Marie Pages, Alice Latinne, Johan Michaux:
Inter- and Intraspecific Biodiversity in Southeast Asian Rodents: New Insights for their Conservation
Chapter 20
Andre Koch:
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi: Underestimated Diversity in a Dynamic Environment
Chapter 21
M. C. Ribeiro, A. C. Martensen, J. P. Metzger, M. Tabarelli, F. Scarano, M. J. Fortin:
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot
Chapter 22
Marco Rieckmann, Maik Adomßent, Werner Härdtle, Patricia Aguirre:
Sustainable Development and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador
Chapter 23
Sebastian Steinfartz:
When Hotspots Meet: The Galßpagos Islands A Hotspot of Species Endemism Based on a Volcanic Hotspot Centre
Part V marine biodiversity
Chapter 24
Marjorie L. Reaka, Sara A. Lombardi:
Hotspots on Global Coral Reefs
Chapter 25
Angelika Brandt, Julian Gutt:
Biodiversity of a Unique Environment: the Southern Ocean Benthos Shaped and Threatened by Climate Change
Part VI Conclusions
Chapter 26
Frank E. Zachos, Russell A. Mittermeier, Jan C. Habel
Biodiversity Hotspots Conclu