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Labrador, M.M., Serrano, D., Doña, J., Aguilera, E., Arroyo, J.L., Atiénzar, F., Barba, E., Bermejo, A., Blanco, G., Borràs, A., Calleja, J.A., Cantó, J.L., Cortés, V., de la Puente, J., de Palacio, D., Fernández-González, S., Figuerola, J., Frías, Ó., Fuertes, B., Garamszegi, L., Gordo, O., Gurpegui, M., Kovács, I., Martínez, J.L., Meléndez, L., Mestre, A., Moller, A., Monrós, J.S., Moreno-Opo, R., Navarro, C., Pap, P., Pérez-Tris, J., Piculo, R., Ponce, C., Proctor, H., Rodríguez, R., Sallent, A., Senar, J.C., Tella, J.L.,, Vagasi, C., Vögeli, M., y Jovani, R. 2024. Host space, not energy or symbiont size, constrains feather mite abundance across passerine bird species. Journal of Animal Ecology Accepted for publication
Morant, J., Arrondo, E., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Donázar, J.A., Margalida, A., Carrete, M., Blanco, G., Guil, F., Serrano, D. & Pérez-García, J.M. 2024. Fine-scale collision risk mapping and validation with long-term mortality data reveal current and future wind energy development impact on sensitive species. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 104: 107339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107339 download
Oficialdegui, F. & Serrano, D. 2023. Variability of a consistent trait: The size of the white wing patch in European Stonechats Saxicola rubicola rubicola. Ibis 2023 .https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13252 download
Reverter, M., Pérez-Granados, C., López-Iborra, G., García-Mellado, A., Aledo-Olivares, E., Alcántara, M., Aranda, A., Barreo, A., Bota, G., Bustillo, D., Cubero, D., Giralt, D., Gómez-Catasús, J., de las Heras, M., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Garrido, J.R., Paracuellos, M., Rubio, M.A., Ruiz, G., Saez-Gomez, P., Salvador, V., Sampietro, J., Santos-Torres, A., Serrano, D., Zurdo, J, Traba, J. 2023. Range Contraction and Population Decline of the European Dupont's Lark Population. Diversity 15(8), 928. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080928 download
Gómez-López, G., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Carrete, M., Arrondo, E., Benítez, J.R., Ceballos, O., Cortés-Avizanda, A., de Pablo, F., Donázar, J.A., Frías, O., Gangoso, L., García-Alfonso, M., González, J.L., Grande, J.M., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., Blanco, G. 2023. Insularity determines nestling sex ratio variation in Egyptian vulture populations. Ecology and Evolution 13, e10371. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10371 download
Durá-Alemañ, C.J., Moleón, M., Pérez-García, J.M., Serrano, D., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A. 2023. Climate change and energy crisis drive an unprecedented EU environmental law regression. Conservation Letters, 16, e12958. https: //doi.org/10.1111/conl.12958 download
Morant, J., Arrondo, E., Sánchez-Zapata, J. A., Donázar, J. A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., De La Riva, M., Blanco, G., Martínez, F., Oltra, J., Carrete, M., Margalida,A., Oliva-Vidal, P., Martínez, J. M., Serrano, D., Pérez-García, J. M. 2023. Large-scale movement patterns in a social vulture are influenced by seasonality, sex, and breeding region. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9817. https: //doi.org/10.1002/ece3.981 download
Justen, H., Hasselmann, T., Illera, J.C., Delmore, K.E., Serrano, D., Flinks, H., Senzaki, M., Kawamura, K., Helm, B. and Liedvogel, M. 2022. Population-specific association of Clock gene polymorphism with annual cycle timing in stonechats. Scientific Reports 12:7947 download
Morales, M.B., Díaz, M., Giralt, D., Sardà-Palomera, F., Traba, J., Mougeot, F., Serrano, D., Mañosa, S., Gaba, S., Moreira, F., Pärt, T., Concepción, E.D., Tarjuelo, R., Arroyo, B. and Bota, G. 2022. Protect European green agriculture policies for future food security. Communications Earth & Environment 3, 217. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00550-2. download
Pérez-García, J.M., Morant, J., Arrondo, E., Sebastián-González, E., Lambertucci, S.A., Santangeli, A., Margalida, A., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Blanco, G., Donázar, J.A., Carrete, M., Serrano, D. 2022. Priority areas for conservation alone are not a good proxy for predicting the impact of renewable energy expansion. PNAS. 119 (33) e2204505119. download
Martínez-Abraín, A., Quevedo, M. y Serrano, D. 2022. Translocation in relict shy-selected animal populations: Program success versus prevention of wildlife-human conflict. Biological Conservation 268: 109519 download
Delgado-González, A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Serrano, D., Arrondo, E., Duriez, O., Margalida, A., Carrete, M., Oliva-Vidal, P., Sourp, E., Morales-Reyes, Z., García-Barón, I., de la Riva, M., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A. & Donázar, J.A. 2022. Apex scavengers from different European populations converge at threatened savannah landscapes. Scientific reports 12: 2500. download
Labrador, M. D. M., Doña, J., Serrano, D., Jovani, R. 2022. Feather mites at night: an exploration of their feeding, reproduction, and spatial ecology. Ecology 103:e03550. download
Alfonso, M., van Overveld, M., Gangoso, L., Serrano, D. y Donázar, J.A. 2021. Disentangling drivers of power line use by vultures: Potential to reduce electrocutions. Science of the Total Environment 793: 148534. download
Serrano, D., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Zuberogoitia, I., Blanco, G., Benítez, J.R., Ponchon, C., Grande, J.M., Ceballos, O., Morant, J., Arrondo, E., Zabala, J., Montelío, E., Ávila, E., González, J.L., Arroyo, B., Frías, O., Kobierzycki, E., Arenas, R., Tella, J.L. y Donázar, J.A. 2021. Phenotypic and environmental correlates of natal dispersal in a long-lived territorial vulture. Scientific Reports 11:5424 | DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84811-8 download
Serrano, D., Margalida, A., Pérez-García, J.M., Juste, J., Traba, J., Valera, F., Carrete, M., Aihartza, J., Real, J., Mañosa, S., Flaquer, C., Garin, I., Morales, M.B., Alcalde, J.T., Arroyo, B., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Blanco, G., Negro, J.J., Tella, J.L., Ibáñez, C., Tellería, J.L., Hiraldo, F. & Donázar, J.A. 2020. Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity. Science 370: 1282-1283 | DOI: 10.1126/science.abf6509 link
García-Alfonso, M., van Overveld, M., Gangoso, L., Serrano, D. & Donázar, J.A. 2020. Vultures and Livestock: The Where, When, and Why of Visits to Farms. Animals 10, 2127 | DOI: 10.3390/ani10112127
Labrador, M.M., Doña. J., Serrano, D. & Jovani, R. 2020. Quantitative interspecific approach to the stylosphere: patterns of bacteria and fungi abundance on passerine bird feathers. Microbial Ecology 81: 1088-1097 | DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01634-2
Donázar, J.A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Ceballos, O., Arrondo, E., Grande, J.M. & Serrano, D. 2020. Epizootics and sanitary regulations drive long-term changes in fledgling body condition of a threatened vulture. Ecological Indicators 113: 106188 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106188
Martín-Díaz, P., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Serrano, D., Arrondo, E., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A. & Donázar, J.A. 2020. Rewilding processes shape the use of Mediterranean landscapes by an avian top scavenger. Scientific Reports 10: 2853 | DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59591-2
Doña, J., Osuna-Mascaró, C., Johnson, K.P., Serrano, D., Aymí, R. & Jovani, R. 2019. Persistence of single species of symbionts across multiple closely-related host species. Scientific Reports 9: 17442 | DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54015-2
Doña, J., Serrano, D., Mironov, S., Montesinos-Navarro, A. y Jovani, R. 2019. Unexpected bird feather mite associations revealed by DNA metabarcoding uncovers a dynamic ecoevolutionary scenario. Molecular Ecology 28:379-390. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14968
van Overveld, T., Garcia-Alfonso, M., Dingemanse, N. J., Bouten, W., Gangoso, L., de la Riva, M., Serrano, D. and Donazar, J.A. 2018. Food predictability and social status drive individual resource specializations in a territorial vulture. Scientific Reports 8:15155 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-33564-y
García-Alfonso, M., Morales-Reyes, Z., Gangoso, L., Bouten, W., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Serrano, D. and Donázar, J.A. 2018. Probing into farmers' perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider. Ambio In Press https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1102-3
Serrano, D. 2018. Dispersal in raptors. Pp 95-121, In JH Sarasola, JM Grande & JJ Negro (eds), Birds of Prey. Biology and Conservation in the XXI Century. Springer, Switzerland
Vizcaíno, A., Doña, J., Vierna, J., Marí-Mena, N., Esteban, R., Mironov, S., Urien, C., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. 2018. Enabling large-scale feather mite studies: an Illumina DNA metabarcoding pipeline. Experimental and Applied Acarology 76: 81-97.
Gómez-Catasús, J., Pérez-Granados, C., Barrero, A., Bota, G., Giralt, D., López-Iborra, G., Serrano, D. and Traba, J. European population trends and current conservation status of an endangered steppe-bird species: the Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti. PeerJ 6:e5627 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5627
Esteban, R., Doña, J., Vierna, J., Vizcaíno, A., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. 2018. The complete mitochondrial genome of the feather mite Trouessartia rubecula Jablonska, 1968 (Astigmata: Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 3: 652-654
Doña, J., Proctor, H., Serrano, D., Johnson, KP., Oploo, AO., Huguet-Tapia, JC., Ascunce, MS. and Jovani, R. 2018. Feather mites play a role in cleaning host feathers: New insights from DNA metabarcoding and microscopy. Molecular Ecology In Press (https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14581).
Fargallo, J.A., Martínez, F., Wakamatsu, K., Serrano, D. and Blanco, G. 2018. Sex-dependent expression and fitness consequences of sunlight-derived color phenotypes. American Naturalist 191: 726-743.
Doña, J., Proctor, H., Mironov, S., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. 2017. Host-specificity, infrequent major host-switching and the diversification of highly host-specific symbionts: the case of feather mites. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 188-198.
Doña, J., Sweet, AD., Johnson, KP., Mironov, SV., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. 2017. Cophylogenetic analyses reveal extensive host-shift speciation in a highly specialized and host-specific symbiont system. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 190-196.
Vierna, J., Doña, J., Vizcaíno, A., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. 2017. PCR cycles above routine numbers do not compromise high-throughput DNA barcoding results. Genome 60: 868-873.
Jovani, R., Doña, J., Labrador, M.M., & Serrano, D. 2017. Opening the doors of parasitology journals to other symbionts. Trends in Parasitology 33: 578-579
Sanz-Aguilar, A., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Serrano, D., Blanco, G., Ceballos, O., Grande, J.M., Tella, J.L. and Donázar, J.A. 2017. Sex- and age-dependent patterns of survival and breeding success in a long-lived endangered avian scavenger. Scientific Reports 7: 40204. doi:10.1038/srep40204 Download
Vögeli, M., Serrano, D., Méndez, M. and Tella, J.L. 2017. Morphological variation in the specialist Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti: geographical clines vs. local ecological determinants. Journal of Ornithology 158: 25-38.
Margalida, A., Martínez, J.M., Gómez de Segura, A., Colomer, M.A., Arlettaz, R. & Serrano, D. 2017. Supplementary feeding and young extraction from the wild are not a sensible alternative to captive breeding for reintroducing bearded vultures Gypaetus barbatus. Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 334-340.
Doña, J., Proctor, H., Mironov, S., Serrano, D. and Jovani, R. 2016. Global associations between birds and feather mites. Ecology 97: 3242
Donázar, J.A., Cortés-Avuzanda, A., Fargallo, J.A., Margalida, A., Moleón, M., Morales-Reyes, Z., Moreno-Opo, R., Pérez-García, J.M., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Zuberogoitia, I. & Serrano, D. 2016. Roles of raptors in a changing world: from flagships to providers of key ecosystem services. Ardeola 63:181-234.
Doña, J., Moreno-García, M., Criscione, C.D., Serrano, D. & Jovani, R. 2015. Species mtDNA genetic diversity explained by infrapopulation size in a host-symbiont system. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 5801-5809.
Diaz-Real, J., Serrano, D., Piriz, A. & Jovani, R. 2015. NGS metabarcoding proves successful for quantitative assessment of symbiont abundance: the case of feather mites on birds. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 67:209-218
Doña, J., Diaz-Real, J., Mironov, S., Bazaga, P., Serrano, D. & Jovani, R. 2015. DNA barcoding and minibarcoding as a powerful tool for feather mite studies. Molecular Ecology Resources 15:1216-1225
Diaz-Real, J., Serrano, D., Pérez-Tris, J., Fernández-González, S., Bermejo, A., Calleja, J.A., De la Puente, J., De Palacio, D., Martínez, J.L., Moreno-Opo, R., Ponce, C., Frías, O., Tella, J.L., Møller, A.P., Figuerola, J., Pap, P.L., Kovács, I., Vágási, C.I., Meléndez, L., Blanco, G., Aguilera, E., Senar, J.C., Galván, I., Atiénzar, F., Barba, E., Cantó, J.L., Cortés, V., Monrós, J.S., Piculo, R., Vögeli, M.,Borras, A., Navarro, C., Mestre A. & Jovani, R. 2014. Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107341. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107341
Canal, D., Serrano, D. & Potti, J. 2014. Exploring heterozygosity-survival correlations in a wild songbird population: contrasting effects between juvenile and adult stages. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105020. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105020
Mueller, J.C., Edelaar, P., Carrete, M., Serrano, D., Potti, J., Blas, J., Dingemanse, N.J., Kempenaers, B. & Tella, J.L. 2014. Behaviour-related DRD4 polymorphisms in invasive bird populations. Molecular Ecology 23:2876-2885
Mettler, R., Schaefer, H.M., Chernetsov, N., Fiedler, W., Hobson, K.A., Ilieva, M., Imhof, E., Johnsen, A., Renner, S.C., Rolshausen, G., Serrano, D., Weso?owski, T. & Segelbacher, G. 2013. Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation among blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with divergent migratory orientations in Europe. PLoS ONE 8(11): e81365. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081365
Margalida, A., Carrete,M., Hegglin, D., Serrano, D., Arenas, R. and Donázar, J.A. 2013. Uneven large-scale movement patterns in wild and reintroduced pre-adult bearded vultures: conservation implications PLoS ONE 8(6): e65857. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065857
Fairhurst, G.D., Vögeli, M., Serrano, D., Delgado, A., Tella, J.L. & Bortolotti, G.R. 2013. Can synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and stable isotopes help us better understand habitat-phisiology relationships? Oecologia 173:731-743
Potti, J., Canal, D. & Serrano, D. 2013. Lifetime fitness and age-related female ornament signalling: evidence for survival and fecundity selection in the pied flycatcher. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:1445-1457.
Alcaide, M., Rodríguez, A., Negro, J.J. & Serrano, D. 2012. Male transmission ratio distortion supports MHC-linked cryptic female choice in the lesser kestrel (Aves: Falconidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66:1467-1473.
Baos, R., Jovani, R., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L. & Hiraldo, F. 2012. Developmental exposure to a toxic spill compromises long-term reproductive performance in a wild, long-lived bird: the white stork (Ciconia ciconia). PLoS ONE 7(4): e34716. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034716
Galván, I., Aguilera, E., Atiénzar, F., Barba, E., Blanco, G., Cantó, J.L., Cortés, V.,Frías, O., Kovács, I., Meléndez, L., Møller, A.P., Monrós, J.S., Pap, P.L., Piculo, R., Senar, J.C., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., Vágási, C.I., Vögeli M. & Jovani, R. 2012. Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) and body condition of their avian hosts: a large correlative study. Journal of Avian Biology 43:273-279.
Edelaar, P., Serrano, D., Carrete, M., Blas, J., Potti, J. & Tella, J.L. 2012. Tonic Immobility is a measure of boldness towards predators: an application of Bayesian SEM. Behavioral Ecology 23: 619-626.
Carrete, M., Edelaar, P., Blas, J., Serrano, D., Potti, J., Dingemanse, N.J. y Tella, J.L. 2012. Don't neglect pre-establishment individual selection in deliberate introductions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27(2): 67-68
Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2012. Lifetime fitness correlates of natal dispersal distance in a colonial bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 81:97-107
Vögeli, M., Lemus, J.A., Serrano, D., Blanco, G. y Tella, J.L. 2011. An island paradigm on the mainland: host population fragmentation impairs the community of avian pathogens. Proceedings Royal Society of London Series B 278:2668-2676.
Vögeli, M., Laiolo, P., Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2011. Predation of experimental nests is linked to local population dynamics in a fragmented bird population. Biology Letters 7:954-957.
Vögeli, M., Serrano, D., Pacios, F. & Tella, J.L. 2010. The relative importance of patch habitat quality and landscape attributes on a declining steppe-bird metapopulation. Biological Conservation 143:1057-1067.
Alcaide, M., Negro, J.J., Serrano, D., Antolín, J.L., Casado, S. & Pomarol, M. 2010. Captive breeding and reintroduction of the lesser kestrel: a genetic analysis using microsatellites. Conservation Genetics 11:331-338.
Cortés-Avizanda, A., Carrete, M., Serrano, D. & Donázar, J.A. 2009. Carcasses increase the probability of predation of ground-nesting birds: a caveat regarding the conservation value of vulture restaurants. Animal Conservation 12:85-88.
Grande, J.M., Serrano, D., Tavecchia, G., Carrete, M., Ceballos, O., Díaz-Delgado, R., Tella, J.L. & Donázar, J.A. 2009. Survival in long-lived territorial migrants: effects of life-history traits and ecological conditions in wintering and breeding areas. Oikos 118:580-590.
Alcaide, M., Serrano, D., Tella, JL. & Negro, JJ. 2009. Strong philopatry derived from capture-recapture records does not lead to fine-scale genetic differentiation in lesser kestrels. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 468-475.
Alcaide, M., Serrano, D., Negro, JJ., Tella, JL., Laaksonen, T., Müller, C., Gal, A. & Korpimäki, E. 2009. Population fragmentation leads to isolation by distance but not genetic impoverishment in the philopatric Lesser Kestrel: a comparison with the widespread and sympatric Eurasian Kestrel. Heredity 78: 468-475.
Vögeli, M., Laiolo, P., Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2008.Who are we sampling? Apparent survival differs between methods in a secretive species. Oikos 117:1816-1823.
Carrete, M., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., López, G., Illera, J.C., Vögeli, M & Delgado, A. 2009. Goats, birds and emergent diseases: direct and indirect effects of a biological invasion. Ecological Applications 19:840-853.
Jovani, R., Serrano, D., Ursúa, E. & Tella, J.L. 2008. Truncated power laws reveal a link between low-level behavioural processes and grouping patterns in a colonial bird. PLoS ONE 3(4): e1992.
Alcaide, M., Edwards, S.V., Negro, J.J., Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2008. Extensive polymorphism and geographical variation at a positively selected MHC class II B gene of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni). Molecular Ecology 17: 2652-2665.
Laiolo, P., Vögeli, M., Serrano, D. y Tella, J.L. 2008. Song diversity predicts the viability of fragmented bird populations. PLoS ONE 3(3): e1822.
Serrano, D., Carrete, M. & Tella, J.L. 2008. Describing dispersal under habitat constraints: a randomization approach in lesser kestrels. Basic and Applied Ecology 9: 771-778.
Gernot Segelbacher, G., Rolshausen, G., Weis-Dootz, T., Serrano, D. & Schaefer, H.M. 2008. Isolation of ten tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Molecular Ecology Resources 8:1108-1110.
Vögeli, M., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., Méndez, M, & Godoy, J.A. 2007. Sex determination of Dupont's Lark using molecular sexing and discriminant functions. Ardeola 54:69-79.
Laiolo, P., Vögeli, M., Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2007. Testing acoustic versus physical marking: two complementary methods for individual-based monitoring of elusive species. Journal of Avian Biology 38:672-681.
Laiolo, P., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M., López , G & Navarro, C. 2007. Distress calls reflect pox-virus infection in lesser short-toed larks Calandrella rufescens. Behavioral Ecology 18:507-512.
Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2007. The role of despotism and heritability in determining settlement patterns in the colonial lesser kestrel. American Naturalist 169: E53-E67.
Jovani, R., Serrano, D., Frías, O. & Blanco, G. 2006. Shift on feather mite distribution during the moult of passerines: the case of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 729-735.
Serrano, D., Oro, D., Ursúa, E. & Tella, J.L. 2005. Colony size selection determines adult survival and dispersal preferences: Allee effects in a colonial bird. American Naturalist 166: E22-E31
Serrano, D. & Astrain, C. 2005. Microhabitat use and segregation of two sibling species of Calandrella larks during the breeding season: conservation and management strategies. Biological Conservation 125: 391-397.
Laiolo, P., Vögeli, M., Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2005. Two new calls from the Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti and imitations by other alaudids: ecological and monitoring implications. Ardeola 52: 167-172.
Alcaide, M., Negro, J.J., Serrano, D., Tella, J.L. & Rodríguez, C. 2005. Extra-pair paternity in the lesser kestrel: a reevaluation using microsatellite markers. Ibis 147: 608-611.
Serrano, D. y Jovani, R. 2005. Adaptive fault bar distribution in a long-distance migratory, aerial forager passerine? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 455-461.
Tella, J.L., Vögeli, M., Serrano, D. & Carrete, M. 2005. Critical status of the threatened Dupont's lark in Spain: overestimation, decline and extinction of local populations. Oryx 39: 90-94.
Serrano, D., Tella, J.L. & Ursúa, E. 2005. Proximate causes and fitness consequences of hatching failure in lesser kestrels Falco naumanni. Journal of Avian Biology 36: 242-250.
Smits, J.E., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M., Serrano, D. & López, G. 2005. An epizootic of avian pox in endemic short-toed larks (Calandrella rufescens) and Berthelot's pipits (Anthus berthelotti) in the Canary Islands, Spain. Veterinary Pathology 42: 59-65.
Ursúa, E., Serrano, D. y Tella, J.L. 2005. Does land irrigation actually reduce foraging habitat for breeding lesser kestrels? Biological Conservation 122: 643-648.
Jovani, R. & Serrano, D. 2004. Fine-tuned distribution of feather mites (Astigmata) on the wing of birds: the case of blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla. Journal of Avian Biology 35: 16-20.
Tella, J.L., Carrete, M., Sánchez-Zapata, J.A., Serrano, D., Gavrilov, A., Sklyarenko, S., Ceballos, O., Donázar, J.A. & Hiraldo, F. 2004. Effects of land-uses, nesting-site availability, and the presence of larger raptors on the abundance of breeding lesser kestrels in Kazakhstan. Oryx 38: 224-227.
Laiolo, P., Tella, J.L., Carrete, M., Serrano, D. & López, G. 2004. Distress calls honestly signal bird quality to predators. Proceedings Royal Society of London series B (Biological Letters) 271:513-515.
Serrano, D., Forero, M.G., Donázar, J.A. & Tella, J.L. 2004. Dispersal and social attraction affect colony selection and dynamics of lesser kestrels. Ecology 85: 3438-3447.
Martínez, J.A., Serrano, D. & Zuberogoitia, I. 2003. Predictive models of habitat use for the Eurasian Eagle owl: a multiscale approach. Ecography 26: 21-28.
Serrano, D. & Tella, J.L. 2003. Dispersal within a spatially-structured population of lesser kestrels: the role of spatial isolation and conspecific attraction. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 400-410.
Blanco, G., Martínez-Padilla, J., Dávila, J.A., Serrano, D. & Viñuela, J. 2003. First evidence of sex differences in the duration of avian embryonic period: consequences for sibling competition in sexually dimorphic birds. Behavioural Ecology 14: 702-706.
Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., Donázar, J.A. & Pomarol, M. 2003. Social and individual features affecting natal dispersal in the colonial lesser kestrel. Ecology 84: 3044-3054.
Blanco, G., Martínez-Padilla, J. Serrano, D., Dávila, J.A. & Viñuela, J. 2003. Mass provisioning to different-sex eggs within the laying sequence: consequences for adjustment of reproductive effort in a sexually dimorphic bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 831-838.
Jovani, R. & Serrano, D. 2001. Feather mites (Astigmata) avoid moulting wing feathers of passerine birds. Animal Behaviour 62: 723-727.
Serrano, D., Tella, J.L., Forero, M.G. & Donázar, J.A. 2001. Factors affecting breeding dispersal in the facultatively colonial lesser kestrel: individual experience vs. conspecific cues. Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 568-578.
Serrano, D. 2000. Use of farm chicken corpses by the Eagle owl (Bubo bubo). Ardeola 47(1): 101-103.
Serrano, D. 2000. Relationship between raptors and rabbits in the diet of eagle owls in south-western Europe: competition removal or food stress? Journal of Raptor Research 34: 305-310.
Serrano, D. 1999. Dumps for dead livestock and the conservation of wintering Red Kite (Milvus milvus) populations. Journal of Raptor Research 33: 338-340.
Serrano, D. 1998. Inter-habitat differences in the diet of the Eagle owl (Bubo bubo) in the mid Ebro river valley: effect of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) availability. Ardeola 45: 35-46.