The cabins are set among carefully
preserved forest fragments and landscaped gardens, where both ornamental and a variety of fruit trees abound, attracting many different species of birds and butterflies.
Except that, according to new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, based on case studies throughout Central and South America it doesn't quite work that way: Agroecological Techniques Needed to Maintain Biodiversity Corridors Ivette Perfecto of the University of Michigan says the best way to
preserve biodiversity in
fragmented areas of tropical
forest is to allow animals to migrate between the patches.