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CHERRY COFFEE ON TAP: A Tennessee warbler with a coffee cherry. This species passes through the Appalachians on its way to breed in Canada after overwintering in the tropical forests of Panama.

coffee. The presence of more than 280 bird species have been recorded on the farm.

Along with the upland area at Finca Hartmann, the team studied the lowland area around the Panama Canal. Because the canal requires a dependable flow of water from the surrounding watershed, a buffer area on either side of the canal has been protected (until recently, by the U. S. military) from development, retaining much of its natural biodiversity.

The study showed, says Williams, that fragmented forests were clearly lower in biodiversity than intact forests. It also showed that resident birds were particularly sensitive to habitat fragmentation, with

See COFFEE, Page B8

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