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.
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. 2007. Satellite
Tracking Reveals the Migration Route and Wintering Area of the Middle Eastern
Population of Northern Bald Ibis. Oryx 196 (2): XY-ZW.
Currently in submission:
9. Serra G., Baccetti
N., Zenatello M., Serra L. In submiss.
Island selection by breeding Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii) in Sardinia, Italy. Condor.
10. Serra G.,
Jaeger M.M., Barrett R.H. In
submiss. Detecting and censusing coyote (Canis latrans) populations using infrared-triggered cameras. Wildlife Journal.
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).
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).
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 XY (Z): WV.
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.
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.
23. Serra 2007. Ecotourism in the Palmyra
desert, Syria. A feasibility study. BirdLife International, 88 pp.
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:
XY-ZW.
Conservation education and awareness raising
1. Press releases on media (2002-07):
· BBC
World news. 2002. “Endangered bird delights conservationists’
· The Guardian. 2002. “Lost colony revives hopes for rare
ibis’
·
Corriere della Sera. 2005.
“Ibis, un volo verso il mistero”
· BBC World news, 2006. “Rare Middle East bald ibis tagged”
· BBC World news. 2006. “Winter
home find cheers twitchers”
· Science Daily. 2006.
“Tagging success boosts hopes for Arabian Phoenix”
· Syria Today. 2007 (March
issue). “The Punks of Palmyra”
· BirdLife International
news. 2007. “Come home to Palmyra”
4. Six panels (texts and
images) for the Desert Culture and Nature Education Center of al talila Reserve (Palmyra, Syria) 2003 (available at FAO Representation in
Damascus, Syria).
5. Three
posters about the birdlife of the Palmyrean desert in English and Arabic, 2003 (available at FAO Representation in
Damascus, Syria).
6. Web site aimed at promoting birdwatching in Syria and
a Palmyra eco-guiding cooperative. 2004.
8.
Web site on the Peregrine Falcon nesting on the Florence Cathedral, Florence
Province. 2007.
1. Serra G.,
Baccetti N., Zenatello M., Serra L. 2000. Monitoring the Italian population of
Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii)
during the period 1997-99. International Workshop titled “Conservation of the Audouin’s Gull
(Larus audouinii) in the
Mediterranean”, held at Leros (Greece), October 2000.
2. Serra G., Mirreh
M.M. 2001. Development of a protected area
within the Syrian steppe desert using a multi-utilization approach.
International Workshop titled “Economy, Ethics and Environment: the role of
parks and protected areas of the Mediterranean”, held in Aspromonte National
Park (Italy), July 2001.
3. Serra G. 2002 c. Wildlife of Palmyrean al badia: present status, threats and conservation recommendations. Workshop
titled “Syrian biodiversity conservation”, organized by the Syrian Ministry of Environmental Affairs, aimed at
developing the Syrian
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Held in Aleppo (Syria),
April 2002.
4. Serra G. 2004. Discovery and protection of critically endangered Geronticus eremita through involvement
of Bedouin nomands, in the Syrian desert. International workshop
titled “International Species Action Plan for the Northern Bald Ibis”,
organized by the International Advisory Group
on Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), held in Madrid (Spain), January 2004.
5. Dutilly-Diane C., McCarthy N., Turkelboom F., Bruggeman
A., Tiedeman J., Street K., Serra G. 2004. Environmental Services and the Rangelands in the CWANA
Region. 10th Biennial Conference of the IASCP, Oaxaca (Mexico), August 2004.
7. Serra G. 2005. Still on time to save the Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in
the Middle East? A case study: discovery and community-based conservation of a
critically endangered species. International Conference titled “Sky and Earth,
Conservation Status of Birds, a global, European and national perspective”,
organized by Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU), BirdLife Intl. Partner
for Italy, Rome (Italy), May 2005.
8. Serra 2005. Four new mammal records for Syria. IUCN Global Mammal Assessment.
South-west Asia Workshop, held in Samsun (Turkey), November 2005.
9. Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006. Northern
Bald Ibis conservations efforts in Syria 2002-06: results and lessons learned.
International workshop organized by International Advisory Group on Northern
Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), held in Andalusia (Spain), September 2006.
10. Serra G. and K.A. Abdallah 2007. Nature conservation and hema system in the Syrian desert.
International workshop titled “A Road Map Towards
More Equitable Conservation and Poverty Reduction in West Central Asia and
North Africa (WESCANA) Region Using Traditional Approaches” organized by IUCN
and BirdLife International,
held in Bekaa Valley (Lebanon), March 2007.