In order to successfully incorporate coffee agroforestry into conservation strategies, it is important to understand the extent towhich agroforests may be a suitable permanent habitat for matureforest-dwelling species. The current study examined the role ofcoffee agroforests in conserving tree diversity and community com-position found in nearby native forests in La Sepultura BiosphereReserve in Chiapas, Mexico. The objectives are to characterize andcompare coffee agroforests and forests in terms of (1) floristic rich-ness and vegetative structure, (2) tree community composition,