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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- Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction (2020)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lähetinmetsähanhien syksyinen ohilento ja keväinen lepäily (2020)
- Metsästäjä
(E1 Popularised article) - Suomen merikotkakanta elinvoimaisena 2020-luvulle (2020)
- Linnut-vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The difference between generalist and specialist: the effects of wide fluctuations in main food abundance on numbers and reproduction of two co‐existing predators (2020)
- Journal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The roles of temperature, nest predators and information parasites for geographical variation in egg covering behaviour of tits (Paridae) (2020)
- Journal of Biogeography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tree cavity abundance and beyond: Nesting and food storing sites of the pygmy owl in managed boreal forests (2020)
- Forest Ecology and Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) nestlings as spatial sentinels of Baltic acidic sulphate soil associated metal contamination (2020)
- Science of the Total Environment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Begging calls provide social cues for prospecting conspecifics in the wild Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) (2019)
- Auk
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of continuous predator threat on telomere dynamics in parent and nestling pied flycatchers (2019)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Assessing space use by pre-breeding white-tailed eagles in the context of wind-energy development in Finland (2018)
- Landscape and Urban Planning
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ecological crossovers of sexual signaling in a migratory bird (2018)
- Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds (2018)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Food hoarding of an avian predator: sex- and age-related differences under fluctuating food conditions (2018)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Interspecific transfer of parasites following a range-shift in Ficedula flycatchers (2018)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Phenological sensitivity to climate change is higher in resident than in migrant bird populations among European cavity breeders (2018)
- Global Change Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of Insect Herbivory on Bilberry Production and Removal of Berries by Frugivores (2017)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Insect herbivory may cause changes in the visual properties of leaves and affect the camouflage of herbivores to avian predators (2017)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Non-invasive genetic monitoring involving citizen science enables reconstruction of current pack dynamics in a re-establishing wolf population (2017)
- BMC Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nosy neighbours: large broods attract more visitors. A field experiment in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca (2017)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Testosterone levels in relation to size and UV reflectance of achromatic plumage traits of female pied flycatchers (2017)
- Journal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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