SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)

1. Chelazzi G., Serra G., Bucciarelli G. 1997. Zonal recovery after experimental displacement in two sea urchins (Arbacia lixula and Paracentrotus lividus) co-occurring in the Mediterranean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 212(1): 1-7.

2. Serra G., Chelazzi G., Castilla J.C. 1997. Effects of experience and risk of predation on the foraging behaviour of the South-Eastern Pacific muricid Concholepas concholepas (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Animal Ecology, 66(6): 876-883.

3. Serra G., Chelazzi G., Castilla J.C. 2001. Temporal and spatial activity of the key-hole limpet Fissurella crassa (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Eastern Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K, 81(3): 485-490.

4. Serra G., Lucentini M., Romano S. 2001. Diet and prey selection of nonbreeding peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus brookei) in a urban habitat of Italy. Journal of Raptor Research 35(1): 61-64.

5. Serra G., Abdallah M., Abdallah A., Al Qaim G., Fayed T., Assaed A., Williamson D. 2003. Discovery of a relict breeding colony of Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria: still in time to save the eastern population ? Oryx, 38 (1): 1-7.

6. Larrucea E.S., Serra G., Jaeger M.M., Barrett R.H. 2007. Censusing bobcats using remote cameras. Western North American Naturalist 67(4): 538-548.

7. Serra G. Abdallah M. and G. Al Qaim. 2008. Feeding ecology and behaviour of last surviving middle eastern N. Bald Ibises breeding in the Syrian steppe. Zoology in the Middle East 43: 55-68.

8. Lindsell J., Serra G., Abdallah M.S., al Qaim G. and L. Peske. 2009. Satellite Tracking Reveals the Migration Route and Wintering Area of the Middle Eastern Population of Northern Bald Ibis. Oryx 43 (3): 329-335.

9. Serra G., Peske L., Abdallah M.S., al Qaim G., Kanani A. 2009. Breeding ecology of the last oriental N. Bald Ibises in the Syria desert. Journal of Ornithology 150: 769-782.

CONSERVATION PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

1. Serra G., Melega L., Baccetti N. 2001. Piano di Azione Nazionale per il Gabbiano corso (Larus audouinii). Quaderni di Conservazione della Natura, Ministero dell'Ambiente e Istituto Nazionale Fauna Selvatica (INFS) “Alessandro Ghigi”, pp. 29. [transl. = National Action Plan for the Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii) published by INFS (Italian National Institute for Wildlife Conservation) upon request of the Italian Ministry of Environment].

2. Serra G. 2002 a. Proposal for an action plan to protect wildlife of Palmyrean desertic steppe. FAO report project GCP/SYR/009/ITA prepared upon request of Syrian Ministry of Environment (available at FAO Representation in Damascus Syria).

3. Serra G. 2002 b. Advocating protection and future sustainable development of seasonal salt-lake sabkhat al moh (IBA site, BirdLife International 1994). FAO report project GCP/SYR/009/ITA prepared for the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture (available at FAO Representation in Damascus, Syria).

4. Bowden C.G.R., Serra G., Budieri A., Al Jbour S. 2002. Report on a visit by BLI in response to the recent discovery of breeding Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in the Palmyra region of Syria. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), internal report.

5. Serra G. 2003 a. Discovery of Northern Bald Ibises in Syria. World Birdwatch (BirdLife International magazine), 25(1): 10-13.

6. Serra G. 2003 b. Assessment of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of al talila Reserve. FAO report project GCP/SYR/009/ITA (available at FAO Representation in Damascus, Syria).

7. Serra G. and D. Williamson 2003. Management Plan of al talila Reserve 2004-2006. FAO report project GCP/SYR/009/ITA (available at FAO Representation in Damascus, Syria).

8. Serra G., Batello C., Williamson D. 2003. From Indifference to Awareness. FAO publication (available at FAO Hqs, Rome, Italy). 47 pp.

9. Serra 2005. Time running out for Syrian ibises. World Birdwatch (BirdLife International magazine), 27(4): 9.

10. Boehm C., Bowden C., El Bekkay M., Evans S., Hatypoglu T., Jiménez A.M., Jordan M., Kotrschal K., Lenten B, López V., José M., Madroño A., Nagy S., Pegoraro K., Quevedo M., Rivera E., Serra G., Tavares J. 2005. International Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita Action Plan. UNEP-AEWA, BirdLife International. 89 pp.

11. Murdoch D.A., Vos R., Abdallah A., Abdallah M., Andrews I., Al Assad A., Van Beusekom R., Hofland R., Roth T., Saveyn B., Serra G., Wells C. 2005. A winter survey of Syrian Wetlands. Final Report of the Syrian Wetland Expedition January-February 2004. Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME), BirdLife International, Wetlands International. 55 pp.

12. Serra G., Abdallah M., Assaed A., Al Qaim G., Abdallah A. 2005. A long-term bird survey of central Syrian desert (2000-2003) – Part 1. Sandgrouse, 27(1): 9-23.

13. Serra G., Al Qaim G., Abdallah M., Kanani A., Assaed A.K. 2005. A long-term bird survey of central Syrian desert (2000-2003) – Part 2. Sandgrouse, 27(2): 104-125.

14. Serra G. 2005. Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni – a first record for Syria. Sandgrouse 27 (1): 77.

15. Murdoch D.A., Tyler G., Serra G., Bowden C. and M. Abdallah. 2005. A record of Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni from Syria. Sandgrouse 27 (1): 78.

16. Serra G., M. Abdallah and G. al Qaim. 2006. First breeding record of Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus in Syria. Sandgrouse 28 (2): 173.

17. Sindaco R., Serra G., Menegon M., 2006. New data on the Syrian herpetofauna, with a newly-recorded species of snake (Amphibia, Reptilia). Zoology in the Middle East, 37: 29-38.

18. Serra G. 2006. Improving the living conditions of mobile indigenous people of Syrian arid steppe land through sustainable development and nature conservation. Project proposal and feasibility analysis commissioned by Fund for Integrated Rural Development Of Syria (FIRDOS), 27 + 23 pp.

19. Murdoch D.A. and G. Serra. 2006. The status of Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius in Syria. Sandgrouse, 28(1): 57-61.

20. Serra G., Murdoch D., Turkelboom F., Travert F., Mujawer Y., Scott D. 2006. Sabkhat al-jabbul, a Threatened Ramsar Wetland in Syria. Sandgrouse 28 (2): 127-141.

21. Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006 a. Coordinating protection efforts of breeding N. Bald Ibises Geronticus eremita in Palmyra (Syria) and trapping / satellite tagging 3 individuals. BirdLife International / Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), internal report.

22. Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006 b. N. Bald Ibis conservation efforts in Syria 2002-2006: results and lessons learned. In N. Bald Ibis conservation and reintroduction workshop. Eds. C. Boehm, Bowden CGR, Jordan M. and C. King. Second meeting of the International Advisory Group on N. Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), Vejer (Spain) 2007.

23. Serra 2007. Ecotourism in the Palmyra desert, Syria. A feasibility study. BirdLife International, 88 pp.

24. Serra G., Peske L., Wondafrash M. 2007. Preliminary survey of Middle Eastern N. Bald Ibises at their recently discovered wintering grounds in Ethiopian highlands. BirdLife International / Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), internal report.

25. Celine Dutilly-Diane, Nancy McCarthy, Francis Turkelboom, Adriana Bruggeman, James Tiedemann, Kenneth Street, and Gianluca Serra. 2007. Could Payments for Environmental Services Improve Rangeland Management in Central Asia, West Asia and North Africa?. CAPRi working paper 62. Washington, DC: IFPRI.

26. Benyamini, D., Bruschini, C., Serra, G., E. John. 2007. First confirmed records of Papilio demoleus (Linnaeus 1758) in Syria, with comments on the species’ appearance in Turkey and the Dominican Republic. News of the Is. Lepidopterists Society, 24(2): 4-10.

27. Serra G., Abdallah M. S. and G. Al Qaim. 2007. Occurrence of Rüppell’s Fox, Vulpes rueppelli, and Sand Cat, Felis margarita, in Syria. Zoology in the Middle East, 42: 99-101.

28. Serra G. and Wondafrash M. 2009. Eco-ethological and conservation survey of N. Bald Ibises wintering in the Northern Shawa (Ethiopia) during 2008-09. IUCN West Asia/DGCS Trust Fund Pilot Project, 22 pp.

29. Serra G., Mirreh M., Kaddour H., Razzouk T., Al Jundi A., Kanani A., Batello C., Williamson D. 2009. Assessment and characterization of Al Talila Reserve and surrounding Palmyrean desert. IUCN/DGCS Project report. IUCN publication, 134 pp.

30. Serra G., Nahaz M.M., Idan M., Peske L., Savioli A., Bruschini C., Alomari K. 2009. Assessment and characterization of the Ibis Protected Area in the Palmyra Desert - a proposed 5-year management and development framework. IUCN publication, 156 pp.

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