1. Land use intensification: a challenge for humanity / David Lindenmayer, Saul Cunningham and Andrew Young -- Part A. General themes and principles -- 2. Combining biodiversity conservation with agricultural intensification / Teja Tsharntke [and others] -- 3. Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: perspectives from a research-policy interface / Simon J. Attwood and Emma Burns -- 4. Intensive farming and its role in wildlife conservation: routes to squaring the circle? / Tim G. Benton -- Part B. Specific case studies -- 5. Land use changes imperil South-East Asian biodiversity / Navjot S. Sodhi [and others] -- 6. How agricultural intensification threatens temperate grassy woodlands / Sue McIntyre -- 7. Mitigating land use intensification in the endemic-rich hotspots of southern Africa and western Indian Ocean / Michael J. Samways -- 8. Land use intensification, small landholders, and biodiversity conservation: perspectives from the Eastern Himalayas / Kamaljit S. Bawa [and others] -- 9. Riches to rags: the ecological consequences of land use intensification in New Zealand / Raphael K. Didham, Lisa H. Denmead and Elizabeth L. Deakin -- 10. Land use intensification and the status of focal species in managed forest landscapes of New Brunswick, Canada / Marc-André Villard -- 11. Land use intensification impacts on biodiversity in the mallee/wheat landscape of central NSW / Saul A. Cunningham, David H. Duncan and Don A. Driscoll -- 12. Ecological responses of Australian grassy woodland and shrubland ecosystems to agricultural intensification: lessons from long-term, multi-species, multi-biome studies / Andrew Young and Linda Broadhurst -- 13. Land use intensification in natural forest settings / David Lindenmayer -- 14. Intensification of coffee production and its biodiversity consequences / John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto -- Part C. General discussion -- 15. Perspectives on land use intensification and biodiversity conservation / David Lindenmayer, Saul Cunningham and Andrew Young.