Toni Laaksonen
Professor of Animal Ecology
tokrla@utu.fi +358 29 450 4220 +358 50 412 9784 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-7131 |
Areas of expertise
animal behaviour; applied ecology; conservation biology; life history evolution; population ecology; predator-prey interactions
animal behaviour; applied ecology; conservation biology; life history evolution; population ecology; predator-prey interactions
Biography
I am a professor of animal ecology at the Department of Biology, University of Turku. Before this position I was working as a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) 2018-2019, as a university lecturer and Academy research fellow at the University of Turku (2011-2017) and as a senior curator and Academy research fellow at Finnish Museums of Natural History, University of Helsinki (2009-2010). I gained both my MSc (2000) and PhD (2003) in Turku and worked as a post doc in Turku and in the Netherlands institute of Ecology (2005) before the Academy fellowships.
I am a professor of animal ecology at the Department of Biology, University of Turku. Before this position I was working as a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) 2018-2019, as a university lecturer and Academy research fellow at the University of Turku (2011-2017) and as a senior curator and Academy research fellow at Finnish Museums of Natural History, University of Helsinki (2009-2010). I gained both my MSc (2000) and PhD (2003) in Turku and worked as a post doc in Turku and in the Netherlands institute of Ecology (2005) before the Academy fellowships.
Research
My research interests range from animal behaviour and population ecology to multitrophic ecological interactions and evaluation of conservation strategies. My current main study systems are the hole-breeding animal community, waterfowl and birds of prey. See my publications in GoogleScholar profile or Publons ResearcherID profile (link above) because not all are listed below in the University of Turku database.
My research interests range from animal behaviour and population ecology to multitrophic ecological interactions and evaluation of conservation strategies. My current main study systems are the hole-breeding animal community, waterfowl and birds of prey. See my publications in GoogleScholar profile or Publons ResearcherID profile (link above) because not all are listed below in the University of Turku database.
Publications 
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- Arctic migrating barnacle geese utilize accommodation fields in a new agricultural staging areaReduced survival in a soaring bird breeding in wind turbine proximity along the northern Baltic Sea coast (2025)
- Journal of Applied EcologyBiological Conservation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cormorant predation in fyke net fishing: The direct effects of a protected bird on coastal commercial fishingRunsastuva merikotkakanta leviää hitaasti (2025)
- Fisheries ResearchLinnut-vuosikirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Winter survival of a small predator is determined by the amount of food in hoards (2025)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Anthropogenic bottom-up and top-down impacts on boreal breeding waterbirds (2024)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Broad geographic variation in age- and sex-dependent origin of harvested eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope) revealed by stable-hydrogen (δ2H) isotope analyses of feathers (2024)
- European Journal of Wildlife ResearchMetsästäjä
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Diet of the raccoon dog, an invasive mesopredator, during the breeding season of declining waterbird populationsThe habitat preferences of invasive raccoon dog imply elevated risks for wetland-associated prey species (2024)
- Global Ecology and ConservationOecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fecal calcium levels of bird nestlings as a potential indicator of species-specific metal sensitivityTranslocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration (2024)
- Environmental PollutionJournal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Forest habitat loss and human land use alter predation of artificial ground nestsWinter-ground microhabitat use by differently coloured phenotypes affects return rate in a long-distance migratory bird (2024)
- Forest Ecology and ManagementOecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hanhipellot ihmisten ja hanhien välisen ristiriidan lievittäjänä (2024) Forsman, Jukka; Jokinen, Mikko; Heikkinen, Juha; Hiedanpää, Juha; Juutinen, Artti; Laaksonen, Toni; Laurila, Marika; Liu, Xing; Piha, Markus; Pellikka, Jani; Salo, Matti; Seimola, Tuomas; Seltmann, Martin; Store, Ron; Ylitalo, Anna-Kaisa
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Large-scale genotypic identification reveals density-dependent natal dispersal patterns in an elusive bird of prey (2024)
- Movement ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Merihanhillamme on kaksi eri muuttoreittiä (2024)
- Linnut
(E1 Popularised article) - Merimetson ja harmaahaikaran suorat kalatalousvahingot: määrän ja laadun arviointi Suomen merialueilla (2024) Westerbom, Mats; Airaksinen, Susanna; Arkko, Valtteri; Byholm, Patrik; Ekblad, Camilla; Hopkins, Juhani; Jormalainen, Veijo; Kankainen, Markus; Laaksonen, Toni; Lehmonen, Roope; Lehmuskallio, Juhani; Lindberg, Pia; Lindén, Andreas; Lindqvist, Meri; Moilanen, Noora; Niukko, Jari; Olin, Mikko; Ovaskainen, Antti; Piha, Markus; Pohjankukka, Jonne; Seimola, Tuomas; Svels, Kristina; Tiitinen, Matilda
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Optimised PCR assays for detecting elusive waterfowl from environmental DNA (2024)
- Ecology and Evolution
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- Successful invasion: camera trap distance sampling reveals higher density for invasive raccoon dog compared to native mesopredators (2024)
- Biological Invasions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Suomen haapanasaalis on peräisin laajalta alueelta (2024)
(E1 Popularised article) - (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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