chapter 1 An Overview of the Plant Diversity, Biogeography and Conservation of Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests -- chapter 2 Biodiversity Patterns of the Woody Vegetation of the Brazilian Cerrados -- chapter 3 Observations on the Southern Cerrados and their Relationship with the Core Area -- chapter 4 Phytogeography of Cerrado Sensu Stricto and Land System Zoning in Central Brazil -- chapter 5 Flora and Vegetation of the Venezuelan Llanos: A Review -- chapter 6 The Brazilian Caatinga: Phytogeographical Patterns Inferred from Distribution Data of the Leguminosae -- chapter 7 Floristic Relationships of Seasonally Dry Forests of Eastern South America Based on Tree Species Distribution Patterns -- chapter 8 Biogeography of the Forests of the Paraguay-Paraná Basin -- chapter 9 The Chiquitano Dry Forest, the Transition between Humid and Dry Forest in Eastern Lowland Bolivia -- chapter 10 Inter-Andean Dry Valleys of Bolivia — Floristic Affinities and Patterns of Endemism: Insights from Acanthaceae, Asclepiadaceae and Labiatae -- chapter 11 Phytogeography and Floristics of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests in Peru -- chapter 12 Seasonally Dry Forests of Southern Ecuador in a Continental Context: Insights from Legumes -- chapter 13 Mexican and Central American Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Chamela-Cuixmala, Jalisco, as a Focal Point for Comparison -- chapter 14 What Determines Dry Forest Conservation in Mesoamerica? Opportunism and Pragmatism in Mexican and Nicaraguan Protected Areas -- chapter 15 Botanical and Ecological Basis for the Resilience of Antillean Dry Forests -- chapter 16 Diversity, Biogeography and Conservation of Woody Plants in Tropical Dry Forest of South Florida -- chapter 17 The Late Quaternary Biogeographical History of South American Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Insights from Palaeo-Ecological Data -- chapter 18 Population Genetics and Inference of Ecosystem History: An Example Using Two Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forest Species -- chapter 19 Floristic and Geographical Stability of Discontinuous Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests Explains Patterns of Plant Phylogeny and Endemism -- chapter 20 The Seasonally Dry Vegetation of Africa: Parallels and Comparisons with the Neotropics.