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David Serrano is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Ecology. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology, Genetics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Serrano's scientific contributions cover significant topics such as:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Their publication record includes multiple articles in prominent journals, with recent works including:

  • "Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity" (2020, Science)
  • "Phenotypic and environmental correlates of natal dispersal in a long-lived territorial vulture" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Apex scavengers from different European populations converge at threatened savannah landscapes" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Priority areas for conservation alone are not a good proxy for predicting the impact of renewable energy expansion" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Large-scale movement patterns in a social vulture are influenced by seasonality, sex, and breeding region" (2023, Ecology and Evolution)

Serrano frequently publishes in venues such as Scientific Reports, Ecology and Evolution, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), and Communications Earth & Environment.

Their collaborative network includes co-authors with whom they have published extensively, including José A. Donázar, Guillermo Blanco, Eneko Arrondo, Martina Carrete, and José L. Tella.

In addition to journal articles, Serrano has contributed to book publications, including a title published by New Trends in Qualitative Research: "Metáforas antropoanimales. Un acercamiento metodológico para una etnografia de la alteridad multiespecie" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services

    José A. Donázar;Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Juan A. Fargallo;Antoni Margalida

  • Factors affecting breeding dispersal in the facultatively colonial lesser kestrel: individual experience vs. conspecific cues

    David Serrano;José Luis Tella;Manuela G. Forero;José A. Donázar

  • Predictive models of habitat preferences for the Eurasian eagle owl Bubo bubo: A multiscale approach

    Jose Antonio Martínez;David Serrano;Iñigo Zuberogoitia

  • Colony size selection determines adult survival and dispersal preferences: allee effects in a colonial bird.

    David Serrano;Daniel Oro;Esperanza Ursúa;José Luis Tella

  • Survival in a long-lived territorial migrant: effects of life-history traits and ecological conditions in wintering and breeding areas

    Juan Manuel Grande;David Serrano;Giacomo Tavecchia;Martina Carrete

  • Dispersal within a spatially structured population of lesser kestrels: the role of spatial isolation and conspecific attraction

    David Serrano;José Luis Tella

  • Extensive polymorphism and geographical variation at a positively selected MHC class II B gene of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni).

    Miguel Alcaide;Scott V. Edwards;Juan J. Negro;David Serrano

  • Song Diversity Predicts the Viability of Fragmented Bird Populations

    Paola Laiolo;Paola Laiolo;Matthias Vögeli;David Serrano;José Luis Tella

  • DISPERSAL AND SOCIAL ATTRACTION AFFECT COLONY SELECTION AND DYNAMICS OF LESSER KESTRELS

    David Serrano;Manuela G. Forero;José A. Donázar;José Luis Tella

  • Renewables in Spain threaten biodiversity

    David Serrano;Antoni Margalida;Juan M. Pérez-García;Javier Juste

  • The relative importance of patch habitat quality and landscape attributes on a declining steppe-bird metapopulation

    Matthias Vögeli;David Serrano;Fernando Pacios;José Luis Tella

  • SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL FEATURES AFFECTING NATAL DISPERSAL IN THE COLONIAL LESSER KESTREL

    David Serrano;José Luis Tella;José A. Donázar;Manel Pomarol

  • Carcasses increase the probability of predation of ground-nesting birds: a caveat regarding the conservation value of vulture restaurants

    Ainara Cortés-Avizanda;Martina Carrete;David Serrano;José A. Donázar

  • Does land irrigation actually reduce foraging habitat for breeding lesser kestrels? The role of crop types

    Esperanza Ursúa;David Serrano;José Luis Tella

  • An Epizootic of Avian Pox in Endemic Short-toed Larks (Calandrella rufescens) and Berthelot's Pipits (Anthus berthelotti) in the Canary Islands, Spain

    Judit E.G. Smits;José Luis Tella;Martina Carrete;David Serrano

  • Tonic immobility is a measure of boldness toward predators: an application of Bayesian structural equation modeling

    Pim Edelaar;David Serrano;Martina Carrete;Julio Blas

  • The role of despotism and heritability in determining settlement patterns in the colonial lesser kestrel.

    David Serrano;José Luis Tella

  • MHC diversity and differential exposure to pathogens in kestrels (Aves: Falconidae).

    Miguel Alcaide;Jesús A. Lemus;Guillermo Blanco;José L. Tella

  • Uneven Large-Scale Movement Patterns in Wild and Reintroduced Pre-Adult Bearded Vultures: Conservation Implications

    Antoni Margalida;Martina Carrete;Daniel Hegglin;David Serrano

  • Goats, birds, and emergent diseases: apparent and hidden effects of exotic species in an island environment.

    Martina Carrete;David Serrano;Juan C. Illera;Guillermo Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Tella
José Luis Tella Spanish National Research Council
Roger Jovani
Roger Jovani Spanish National Research Council
José A. Donázar
José A. Donázar Spanish National Research Council
Martina Carrete
Martina Carrete Pablo de Olavide University
Guillermo Blanco
Guillermo Blanco Spanish National Research Council
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda
Ainara Cortés-Avizanda Spanish National Research Council
Juan J. Negro
Juan J. Negro Spanish National Research Council
Paola Laiolo
Paola Laiolo Spanish National Research Council
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mironov Belgorod National Research University
José A. Sánchez-Zapata
José A. Sánchez-Zapata Miguel Hernandez University

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