MSc Thesis - Eco-etologia della nidificazione del Cormorano Phalacrocorax carbo L. nell'Oasi di Val Campotto (Ferrara). University of Pavia, 1992.

PhD Thesis - Foraging and its Consequences in the Breeding season of the Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus). University of Utrecht, 2001. ISBN 90-393-2716-5. [PDF]

1. Grieco F., S. Frugis. & R. Groppali, 1993. La colonia di Cormorani Phalacrocorax carbo nidificanti nell'Oasi di Val Campotto (Ferrara). Pianura 5: 21-31.

2. Groppali, R., F. Lavezzi, S. Frugis, F. Grieco. 1993. Le garzaie del Parco Adda Sud. Pianura 5: 33-40.

3. Grieco F., S. Frugis & R. Groppali, 1995. Studio della colonia di Cormorani Phalacrocorax carbo nidificanti in Val Campotto (Ferrara): una proposta metodologica. Suppl. Ric. Biol. Selv. XXII: 563-568.

4. Grieco F. 1994. L'occupazione di nidi incustoditi da parte di conspecifici nella colonia di Cormorani Phalacrocorax carbo di Val Campotto (Ferrara). Riv. It. Orn. 64(1): 71-76.

5. Grieco F. 1994 Fledging rate in the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo at the colony of Val Campotto (Po Delta, NE Italy). Avocetta 18: 57-61.

6. Grieco F. 1995. Nest site selection by Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo at the colony of Val Campotto (NE Italy). Avocetta 19: 194-200.

7. Grieco F. & E. Veronesi, 1995. Accertata nidificazione di Cormorano Phalacrocorax carbo in canneto a Val Campotto (Emilia Romagna). Riv. It. Orn. 64 (2): 168-170.

8. Frugis S., F. Grieco & E. Veronesi, 1995. Evoluzione della colonia di Cormorani Phalacrocorax carbo di Val Campotto (Ferrara). Avocetta 19: 35.

9. Grieco F., S. Frugis & E. Veronesi 1995. La nidificazione di cormorani Phalacrocorax carbo in abito di immaturo nella colonia di Val Campotto. Avocetta 19: 43.

10. Valcuvia M.G. & F. Grieco 1995. Considerazioni sulla florula lichenica dell'Oasi di Val Campotto (Ferrara). Arch. Geobot. 1(1): 65-69.

11. Grieco F., 1995. Nidificazione, modalità, tempi e riuscita nella colonia di Campotto. In Quaderni del Museo di Campotto n°7 - Il Cormorano. Alfa Editoriale, Ferrara.

12. Grieco F., R. Groppali. 1995. I licheni della campagna coltivata cremonese: prima indagine nel territorio di Stagno Lombardo. Pianura 7: 39-46.

13. Carpegna F., F. Grieco, M. Grussu, E. Veronesi & S. Volponi. 1997. The italian breeding population of Cormorants. Proc. 4^th Eur. Conf. on Cormorants. Suppl. Ric. Biol. Selv. 27: 76-80.

14. Grieco F., E. Veronesi & S. Frugis, 1997. The Cormorant colony of Val Campotto: recent changes in structure and breeding biology. Proc. 4^th Eur. Conf. on Cormorants. Suppl. Ric. Biol. Selv. 27: 461-466.

15. Grieco F. & M.E. Visser. 1997. Resource or information: the role of food in timing of reproduction in the Great Tit Parus major. Avocetta 19: 123.

16. Kortlandt A. & F. Grieco. 1997. Analysis of pair-forming processes in a zoo population of the European Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. I. computer methodology. Avocetta 19: 125.

17. Grieco F. 1997. Il declino della colonia nidificante di Cormorano Phalacrocorax carbo di Val Campotto: cause e prospettive. Avocetta 19: 122.

18. Grieco F., & I. Veronesi. 1998. Colony development phase and breeding plumage in Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo. Corm. Res. Gr. Bull. 3: 22-24.

19. Grieco F. 1999. Nest site limitations and colony development in tree-nesting Great Cormorants. Waterbirds 22(3): 417-423. [PDF]

20. Grieco F. 1999. Prey selection as response to food levels in the Blue tit Parus caeruleus. Proc. 2^nd Meeting Eur. Ornit. Union, Gdansk 1999. Acta Ornithologica 34(2): 199-203.

21. Grieco F. & A. Kortlandt. 2000. Mate choice in the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo: a zoo study. Proc. 2^nd Meeting Eur. Ornit. Union, Gdansk 1999. Acta Ornithologica 35(1): 73-78. [PDF]

22. Grieco F. 2000. Finding out who is nesting where: a method for locating nest sites of hole-nesting species prior to egg-laying. Avocetta 24: 113-119. [PDF]

23. Grieco F. 2000. Prey choice is affected by the provisioning rate in the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus. Proceedings 8th International Congress of Behavioural Ecology, Zurich 7-12 August 2000.

24. Grieco F. 2001. Blue Tits (Parus caeruleus) learn when best to breed. Atti XI Convegno Italiano Ornitologia, Castiglioncello 26-30 Settembre 2001. Avocetta 25.

25. Grieco F. 2001. Prey choice in birds while provisioning the offspring: the influence of the state of the brood and the parent. Advances in Ethology 36 (2001): 166.

26. Grieco F. 2001. Short-term regulation of provisioning rate and effects on prey size in blue tits. Animal Behaviour 62: 107-116. [PDF]

27. Grieco F. 2002. Time constraint on food choice in provisioning blue tits, Parus caeruleus: the relationship between feeding rate and prey size. Animal Behaviour 64: 517-526. [PDF] •  [Abstract page]

28. Grieco F. 2002. How different foraging strategies result in equal food delivery rates: an experimental study on blue tits. Journal of Avian Biology 33: 331-341. [PDF] • [Abstract page]

29. Grieco F., A.J. van Noordwijk & M.E. Visser. 2002.  Evidence for the effect of learning on timing of reproduction in blue tits. Science 296: 136-138. [PDF] • [Abstract page]

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30. Grieco F. 2003. Greater food availability reduces tarsus asymmetry in nestling Blue Tits. Condor 105: 599-603. [PDF]

Book chapters

Grieco F. Human observations of animals, Subjective vs. Objective. Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships (ed. M. Bekoff). Pp. 66-68. [PDF]

31. Grieco F. & M.E. Visser. 1997. Resource or information: the role of food in timing of reproduction in the Great Tit Parus major. [ poster at: 9^th Italian Ornithological Meeting, Alghero 1997].

32. Kortlandt A. & F. Grieco. 1997. Analysis of pair-forming processes in a zoo population of the European Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. I. computer methodology. [poster at: 9^th Italian Ornithological Meeting, Alghero 1997].

33. Grieco F., and A. Kortlandt. 1999. Mate choice and mate sampling in the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo: new insights from a zoo study. [ poster at: Student Bird Conference, Oxford 1999; 2^nd European Ornithologists’ Union Meeting, Gdansk 1999 ].

34. Grieco F. 1999. Prey selection as response to food levels in the Blue tit Parus caeruleus. [ talk at: Student Bird Conference, Oxford 1999; poster at: 2^nd European Ornithologists’ Union Meeting, Gdansk 1999 ].

35. Grieco F. 2000. Prey choice is affected by provisioning rate in the Blue tit Parus caeruleus. [poster: 8^th International Congress of Behavioural Ecology, Zurich 7-12 August 2000].

36. Grieco F. 2001. Prey choice in birds while provisioning the offspring: the influence of the state of the brood and the parent. [talk at the 27^th International Ethological Conference, Tübingen, 22-29 August 2001]

37. Grieco F. (ms). Blue Tits learn when best to breed. [talk at the 11^th Italian Ornithological Congress, Livorno, September 2001]

38. Grieco F. 2002. The effect of experience on laying date in insectivorous birds. [talk at the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing August 2002]

39. Grieco F. and Kortlandt A. 2002. Sex as information in the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo? [poster at the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing August 2002].