HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND TROPICAL ECOSYSTEM THURSDAY JULY 19, AFTERNOON 29 Tropical ecology group of the British Ecological Society Eichhorn Markus P Eichhorn and Queenborough Simon A Queenborough markus.eichhorn@nottingham.ac.uk 178 Synergistic effects of roads and hurricane Emily on an insular tropical forest Barillas-Gomez Ana Laura, Rojas Perez Joel, Cuaron Alfredo and Benitez-Malvido Julieta anabarillas@yahoo.com.mx 426 Management regime, soil and vegetation degradation and social perceptions on degradation and restoration at a tropical dry forest of the Pacific Coast of Mexico Trilleras-Motha Jenny Maritza, Balvanera Patricia, Castillo Alicia and Martinez-Yrizar Angelina jtrilleras@oikos.unam.mx 517 iACG: A Site-Based, Decentralized Approach to Promoting the Quantity, Quality, and Relevance of Research in a Conserved Tropical Wildland Agosta Salvatore and Klemens Jeffrey agosta@sas.upenn.edu 522 Resilience of a socio-ecological system: adaptability of local institutions for managing biodiversity in a protected area in the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula Garcia-Frapolli Eduardo, Ayala-Orozco Barbara, Bonilla-Moheno Martha, EspadasManriquez Celene and Ramos-Fernandez Gabriel frapolli@oikos.unam.mx 541 Advancing Conservation Biology Education in the Tropics: the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners Porzecanski A. L., Bynum N., Sterling E. J., Medellin R. A. and Gaona Pineda O. alporze@amnh.org 615 Socio-environmental characterization of the vegetative regeneration managment of Quercus castanea Nee for fuelwood Garcia-Burgos Maria Guadalupe and Masera Cerutti Omar mggburgos@oikos.unam.mx 653 History and use of the tropical dry forest of the ejido of huautla, Morelos, Mexico. Vallejo Ramos Mariana, Canales de la Fuente Emma, Ordonez Diaz Maria de Jesus , Pinilla Carolina, Lopez Miguel Celia and Alvarez Torres Enrique bmarianavr@hotmail.com 683 Science Outreach for Students: Initiatives to connect local schools to ecology Fabiana Silva,Charissa Jones, Jessica Wheeler, Margaret Lowman, Colleen Mitchell and Evan Miller jessica.h.wheeler@gmail.com 715 An ecosystem service approach to coffee production in a landscape mosaic Virginie Boreux virginie.boreux@env.ethz.ch 716 Macroinvertebrate communities as soil health indicators in livestock production systems derived from low deciduous tropical forest Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Francisco Bautista-Zúñiga, Marisol García-Robles leptosol@yahoo.com