pubblicazioni, dossier e presentazioni

(scaricabili da Researchgate)

Articoli pubblicati da riviste scientifiche internazionali (peer-reviewed)

Serra, G. and D. Chatty. In prepar. Community participation and awareness raising in a biodiversity conservation project within the central Syrian desert. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Serra, G., Wood, G., Failagi, S.A., Foliga, S.T., Uili, M. Enoka, F. 2020. Using Samoan traditional ecological knowledge to identify calls of the critically endangered endemic tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris). Pacific Conservation Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/PC20052

Serra, G., Sherley, G., Failagi, S.A., Foliga, S.T., Uili, M. Enoka, F. and Suaesi, T. 2017. Traditional ecological knowledge on critically endangered and evolutionary distinctive Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) endemic of Samoa. Bird Conservation International, Vol. 28 (4): 620-642. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270917000259

Serra, G., Lindsell, J.A., Peske, L., Fritz, J., Bowden, C.G.R., Bruschini, C., Welch, G., Tavares, J. and Wondafrash, M. 2014. Accounting for very low survival of a Critically Endangered bird on a major migratory flyway. Oryx 1-9.

Serra, G., Bruschini, C., Peske, L., Kubsa, A., Wondafrash, M., Lindsell, J. A. 2013. An assessment of ecological conditions and threats at the Ethiopian wintering site of the last known eastern colony of critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. Bird Conservation International 23(4):399-413.

Serra G., Bruschini C., Lindsell J., Peske L., Kanani A. 2011. Breeding range of the last eastern colony of critically endangered N. Bald Ibises Geronticus eremita in the Syria steppe: a threatened area. Bird Conservation International 21(3): 285-295.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Serra G., Abdallah M., Abdallah A., Al Qaim G., Fayed T., Assaed A., Williamson D. 2004. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dossier e pubblicazioni tecniche

Serra G. In prepar. Review and history of conservation efforts in Samoa from the 1980s up to today. Lessons learned.

UNEP (2020). GEF full size project document “Promotion of Integrated Biodiversity Conservation and Land Degradation Neutrality in Highly Degraded Landscapes of Iraq”. Edited and compiled by G. Serra. 156 pp.

Serra G. and P. Diaz (2021). Technical Assistance to Review the Management Model of the National Protected Areas System in Cabo Verde. Report to BIO-TUR GEF UNDP PROJECT #5524 and to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. 27 pp. MNRE and SCS (2020). Recovery Plan for the Manumea or Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) 2020- 2029. Edited and compiled by G. Serra. Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Government of Samoa and Samoa Conservation Society. Apia, Samoa. 50 pp.

Serra G. 2019. Management Plan of Falealupo Conservation Area 2019-2024. Technical report for the “Strengthening Multi-sectoral Management of Critical Landscapes” GEF Project, Apia, Samoa: MNRE and UNDP.

Serra G. 2018. Management Plan of Uafato Conservation Area 2017-2022. Technical report for the “Strengthening Multi-sectoral Management of Critical Landscapes” GEF Project, Apia, Samoa: MNRE and UNDP.

Serra G. 2018. Management Plan of Tiavea Conservation Area 2017-2022. Technical report for the “Strengthening Multi-sectoral Management of Critical Landscapes” GEF Project, Apia, Samoa: MNRE and UNDP.

Serra G. 2017. Review of implementation of Manumea Recovery Plan 2006-2016. 2017. Technical report on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Environment and Conservation, Apia, Samoa.

Serra G. 2017. Recommendations drawn from key conservation projects run in Samoa during period 1994-2010. Desktop review run on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Environment and Conservation, Apia, Samoa.

Serra G. 2017. The Last Flight of the Ancient Guide of Haj. 2002-2011. Nine years of conservation efforts between Arabia and East Africa. Self published. 71 pp. Downlodable at: thelastflight.org

Serra G., Foliga S.T., Uili M., Enoka F., Failagi S.A., and T. Suaesi. 2016. Biodiversity surveying of four KBAs in Samoa through traditional ecological knowledge: Uafato-Tiavea Coastal Forest, Apia Catchments, Central Savaii Rainforest And Falealupo Peninsula. Technical report, Apia, Samoa: MNRE and UNDP.

Serra G. and F.T Tipama’a. 2016. Invasive Alien Species Management Plan 2016-2020, Aleipata Islands, Samoa. Technical report on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Environment and Conservation. 16 pp.

Serra G. and F.T Tipama’a. 2016. Invasive alien species survey of the Aleipata islands, Samoa, September-December 2015. Technical report on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Environment and Conservation. 39 pp.

Serra G. and F.T Tipama’a. 2015. Review of invasive alien species management in the Aleipata islands, Samoa. GEF-PAS Invasive Alien Species project/Samoa. Technical report on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Environment and Conservation. 25 pp.

Young S. and G. Serra. 2015 Myna Survey. Report to inform the Samoan Myna Management Plan. Technical report on behalf of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Environment and Conservation. 32 pp.

Bowden, C.G.R., Hamoud, A., Jbour, S., Fritz, J., Peske, L., Riedler, B. […] Serra G. 2011. Attempted supplementation of the relict wild eastern population of northern bald ibis in Syria with Turkish semi-wildj uveniles. In Global Re-introduction Perspectives: Re-introduction Case-Studies from Around the Globe (ed. P.S.Soorae), pp. 130–134. IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, AbuDhabi, UAE.

Serra G. 2011. Bird checklist: Udzungwas National Park (Tanzania) 10 - 17 April 2011. Trento Museum of Natural Sciences expedition, 10 - 17 April 2011. 3 pp.

Serra G. 2010. Ibis expedition in Saudi Arabia, March 2010.Report, National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration, 34 pp.

Serra G. 2010. Surveying Northern Bald Ibis Migratory Route Along Western Saudi Arabia, in March and August 2010.Research Report, National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration, Grant # 8479-08. 44pp.

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.

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.

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.

Serra G. 2009. Jebel Kohla and wadi al Basira under threat. 2009. Report 3 pp, landscape heritage awareness campaign.

Serra G. 2008.Preliminary report on natural heritage sites in western Syria. Municipality Administration Modernization (MAM) project MED/2004/6264. EUROPE AID/119822/SV/SY. 22 pp

Serra G. 2008.Preliminary report on natural heritage sites in eastern Syria. Municipality Administration Modernization (MAM) project MED/2004/6264. EUROPE AID/119822/SV/SY. 25 pp.

Serra G. 2008. Ecotourism and nature tourism in Palmyra. In: Palmyra Region Strategic Action Plan: a Strategy for Sustainable Development. Municipality Administration Modernization (MAM) project MED/2004/6264: EUROPE AID/119822/SV/SY. 49 pp. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Serra G. 2007. Searching the wintering grounds of the recently discovered Syrian relict colony of critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. Research Report, National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration, Grant #7993-06. 11 pp.

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

Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006. 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.

Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006. 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. 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.

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

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.

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.

Serra G., M. Abdallah and G. al Qaim. 2006. First breeding record of Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus in Syria. Sandgrouse28 (2): 173.

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.

Serra G. 2005. Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni– a first record for Syria.Sandgrouse27 (1): 77.

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

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.

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.

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 eremia Action Plan. UNEP-AEWA, BirdLife International. 89 pp.

Serra G., Batello C., Williamson D. 2003. From Indifference to Awareness. FAO publication (available at FAO Hqs, Rome, Italy).47 pp. http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/006/Y5097E/y5097e00.htm

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).

Serra G. 2003. 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).

BowdenC.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.

Serra G. 2002. 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).

Serra G. 2002. 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).

Serra G., Melega L., Baccetti N. 2001. Piano di Azione Nazionale per il Gabbiano corso (Larusaudouinii). 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].

Presentazioni a seminari e congressi

Serra G. 2021. Use of Local/Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the conservation of globally threatened fauna species. Presentation at the Symposium and Roundtable “Traditional Ecological Knowledge” at the 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Uganda, December 2021. https://youtu.be/HA33MPrTDF8

Serra G. 2018. About the Sixth Wave of Mass Extinctions on the planet. Public lecture at the Museum of Natural History of Palermo and Palermo University (Italy), February 2018.

Serra G., Peske L., Alomari K. 2008. Conservation efforts 2002-07 to ensure survival of the last wild N. Bald Ibises of the Middle East: a review and future perspectives. Middle Eastern Biodiversity Conference, Aqaba (Jordan), October 2008.

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.

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.

Serra G. 2005. Four new mammal records for Syria. IUCN Global Mammal Assessment. South-west Asia Workshop, held in Samsun (Turkey), November 2005.

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. Serra G. and D. Chatty 2004.Community Participation and Awareness Raising in a Biodiversity Conservation Project within the Central Syrian Desert. IUCN World Conservation Congress, Bangkok (Thailand), November 2004.

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.

Serra G. 2004. Discovery and protection of critically endangered Geronticus eremita through involvement of Bedouin nomads, 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.

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.

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. 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.

Articoli di divulgazione

Italiano

Serra G. 2021. Manumea: il fantasma delle foreste di Samoa. Quaderni Birdwatching, EBN Italia, Febbraio 2021. 51-56 pp.

Serra G. 2021. La pandemia Covid dal punto di vista ecologico-ecologista. Ecolobby website. https://www.ecolobby.it/ecologia-pandemia-covid-19/

Serra G. 2020. I pasti dei ricchi che continuano ad includere animali selvatici nei menù. https://extinctionrebellion.it/xr-magazine/2020/05/16/i-pasti-dei-ricchi-che-continuano-ad-includere-animali-selvatici-nei-menù/

Serra G. 2020. La sesta ondata di estinzioni di massa: perché dovrebbe importarcene qualcosa? Extinction Rebellion Magazine: https://extinctionrebellion.it/xr-magazine/2020/05/06/la-sesta-ondata-di-estinzioni-di-massa-perché-dovrebbe-importarcene-qualcosa/

Serra G. 2019. La sesta ondata di estinzioni di massa: perché dovrebbe importarcene qualcosa. https://www.lastampa.it/tuttogreen/2019/10/11/news/la-sesta-ondata-di-estinzioni-di-massa-perche-dovrebbe-importarcene-qualcosa-1.37679030?fbclid=IwAR0Q7P6yTKda4DxJygC3AsHnzbmf2Ke5r03pG2XGg32rxv4q2lx3c1E-fgk

Serra G. 2019. Lo squalo e gli uomini: riflessioni di un naturalista squalofilo nel trentennale del “caso Baratti”. www.greenreport.it/news/aree-protette-e-biodiversita/lo-squalo-e-gli-uomini-riflessioni-di-un-naturalista-squalofilo-nel-trentennale-del-caso-baratti-video/

Serra G. 2016. “Salam è tornata. Parabola ecologica nella Siria pre-conflitto”. Exorma, Rome, Italy. 199 pp. http://www.exormaedizioni.com/catalogo/salam-e-tornata/

Serra G. 2012. Le isole del Pacifico, lo Sprep, l'adattamento al cambiamento climatico e le specie invasive. Greenreport.it http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=17827

Serra G. 2012. Sopravvivere al paradiso. Le correnti maledette dei mari del sud.Blogger.com https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4203673833107757010#editor/target=post;postID=1026662601562958453;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=1;src=postname

Serra G. 2011. Richiami vivi, lettera aperta per Enrico Rossi sulle sevizie animali concesse in deroga. Altracitta.org http://altracitta.org/2011/12/07/richiami-vivi-lettera-aperta-per-enrico-rossi-sulle-sevizie-animali-concesse-in-deroga/ Serra G. 2011. Inquinamento dell’aria a Firenze: il punto della situazione. Greenreport.it http://www.stamptoscana.it/articolo/leader/inquinamentofirenze

Serra G. 2010. Ibis eremita orientale, estinzione imminente. Greenreport.it http://www.greenreport.it/_archivio/index.php?page=default&id=6887

Serra G. 2010. Uno spiraglio di natura selvaggia. Greenreport.it http://www.greenreport.it/_archivio/index.php?lang=it&page=default&id=6506

Serra G. 2007. Nido con vista 2007. Provincia di Firenze, home page. http://www.provincia.fi.it/territorio/tutela-delle-specie-protette/falco-pellegrino/

Serra G. 2007. Identikit del Falco pellegrino Falco peregrinus.Provincia di Firenze, 29 pp.

Inglese

Dukhan H. and G. Serra. 2021. COP26: Syria is a warning of climate disaster that region cannot ignore. Middle East Eye. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/cop26-syria-climate-change-lesson-cannot-ignore

Serra G. 2019. Why you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary). Mongabay.com https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/why-you-should-care-about-the-current-wave-of-mass-extinctions-commentary/

Serra G. 2018. Sharks and spear fishing in Samoa. https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/letters/29327

Serra G. 2016. It wasn’t the war that killed the ibis. New Scientist, 3064. https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg22930643-100-10-it-wasnt-the-war-that-killed-the-ibis/

Serra G. 2015. Over-grazing and desertification in the Syrian steppe are the root causes of war. The Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2871076/overgrazing_and_desertification_in_the_syrian_steppe_are_the_root_causes_of_war.html

Serra G. 2015. The Northern Bald Ibis is extinct from the Middle East – but we can’t blame it on IS. The Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2887380/the_northern_bald_ibis_is_extinct_in_the_middle_east_but_we_cant_blame_it_on_is.html

Serra G. 2015. Dear Carl, it's time to rethink Homo 'sapiens'. The Ecologist. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/2686104/dear_carl_its_time_to_rethink_homo_sapiens.html

Serra G. 2012. “Mysteries surrounding the legendary and vanishing oriental bald ibis.” Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1031-serra-oriental-bald-ibis.html

Serra G. 2012 “Surviving a rip current in Lalomano, Samoa”. USA's National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website. http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/real_life-intl.shtml

Serra G. 2005. Time running out for Syrian ibises. BirdLife’s WorldBirdwatch.27(4): 9. www.gianlucaserra.com/ibis%20worldbirdwatch2.pdf

Serra G. 2003. Discovery of Northern Bald Ibises in Syria. BirdLife’s World Birdwatch, 25(1): 10-13. http://www.danadeclaration.org/pdf/ibis_worldbirdwatch.pdf