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
- Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy (2016)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Carry-over effects of conditions at the wintering grounds on breeding plumage signals in a migratory bird: roles of phenotypic plasticity and selection (2016)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds (2016)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Intraguild predation and competition impacts on a subordinate predator (2016)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Landscape-scale gradients and temporal changes in the prey species of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) (2016)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Light-level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca (2016)
- Journal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal transfer of androgens in eggs is affected by food supplementation but not by predation risk (2016)
- Journal of Avian Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Post-fledging movements of white-tailed eagles: Conservation implications for wind-energy development (2016)
- AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Predator encounters have spatially extensive impacts on parental behaviour in a breeding bird community (2016)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Proximity to wind-power plants reduces the breeding success of the white-tailed eagle (2016)
- Animal Conservation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sex-dependent responses to increased parental effort in the pied flycatcher (2016)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Suomen merikotkat 2013–2015 (2016)
- Linnut-vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - White-tailed eagle is an indicator for the health of the Baltic Sea (2016)
- Baltic Rim Economies
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - An experimental test of whether pied flycatchers choose the best territory for rearing the young (2015)
- Current Zoology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do insectivorous birds use volatile organic compounds from plants as olfactory foraging cues? Three experimental tests (2015)
- Ethology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do Pied Flycatchers Use Personal or Social Information for Replacement Clutch Decisions? A Field Experiment (2015)
- Ethology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Espanjassa kuultua (2015)
- Linnut
(E1 Popularised article) - Fecundity selection does not vary along a large geographical cline of trait means in a passerine bird (2015)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Foster, but not genetic, father plumage coloration has a temperature-dependent effect on offspring quality (2015)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Habitat Effects on the Breeding Performance of Three Forest-Dwelling Hawks (2015)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)