1. Vegetation types of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2. Landscapes, rock types and climate of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 3. Drivers, ecology and management of fire in fynbos 4. Floristic and faunal Cape biochoria: do they exist? 5. Cenozoic assembly of the Greater Cape flora 6. Speciation and extinction in the Greater Cape Floristic Region 7. The shifting landscape of genes since the Pliocene: terrestrial phylogeography in the Greater Cape Floristic Region 8. Stone age people in a changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region 9. The assembly and function of Cape plant communities in a changing world 10. Biotic interactions 11. Plant ecophysiological diversity 12. Biological invasions in the Cape Floristic Region: history, current patterns, impacts, and management challenges 13. Impacts of climate change in the Greater Cape Floristic Region 14. Conserving the Cape Floristic Region 15. People, the Cape Floristic Region and Sustainability 16. Geography, climate and biodiversity: the history and future of mediterranean-type ecosystems