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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- Major population splits coincide with episodes of rapid climate change in a forest-dependent birdInteraction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction (2021)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesOikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Metsätilastoja on syytä katsoa kokonaisuutena (2021)
- Helsingin Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Poiston ja ”opettamisen” tehoa tutkitaan. Kosteikkojen supikoirat kuriinThe difference between generalist and specialist: the effects of wide fluctuations in main food abundance on numbers and reproduction of two co‐existing predators (2021)
- Metsästäjä
(E1 Popularised article) - Spatial and dietary sources of elevated mercury exposure in white-tailed eagle nestlings in an Arctic freshwater environment (2021)
- Environmental PollutionJournal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Indo-European flyway: Opportunities and constraints reflected by Common Rosefinches breeding across EuropeThe roles of temperature, nest predators and information parasites for geographical variation in egg covering behaviour of tits (Paridae) (2021)
- Journal of BiogeographyJournal of Biogeography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Uhanalaisluokitus joustamaton metsästyssääntelyyn (2021)
- Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
(E1 Popularised article) - Age and sex differences in numerical responses, dietary shifts, and total responses of a generalist predator to population dynamics of main prey (2020)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Climate change and perishable food hoards of an avian predator: Is the freezer still working?Begging calls provide social cues for prospecting conspecifics in the wild Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) (2020)
- Global Change Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of continuous predator threat on telomere dynamics in parent and nestling pied flycatchers (2020)
- Polar Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lähetinmetsähanhien syksyinen ohilento ja keväinen lepäily (2020)
- MetsästäjäEvolution
(E1 Popularised article) - Suomen merikotkakanta elinvoimaisena 2020-luvulle (2020)
- Linnut-vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
(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) - (2019)
- Auk
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (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)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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