Toni Laaksonen
Professor of Animal Ecology
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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- Female field voles with high testosterone and glucose levels produce male-biased litters (2008)
- Animal BehaviourActa Oecologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - From Plants to Birds: Higher Avian Predation Rates in Trees Responding to Insect HerbivoryClimate change, migratory connectivity and changes in laying date and clutch size of the pied flycatcher (2008)
- PLoS ONEOikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Low light reflectance may explain the attraction of birds to defoliated trees (2008)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effects of sex, age and breeding success on breeding dispersal of pied flycatchers along a pollution gradient (2008)
- OecologiaJournal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Climate change can alter competitive relationships between resident and migratory birdsCompetition over nest-holes between a sedentary and a migratory bird under climatic fluctuation (2007)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Variation in the diet composition of a generalist predator, the red fox, in relation to season and density of main prey (2007)
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(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Climatic responses in spring migration of boreal and arctic birds in relation to wintering area and taxonomy (2006)
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- Journal für Ornithologie
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Environmental pollution has sex-dependent effects on local survival (2006)
- Biology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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