
Toni
Laaksonen
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor of Animal Ecology
Areas of expertise
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.
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.
Publications
Winter survival of a small predator is determined by the amount of food in hoards (2025)
Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Cormorant predation in fyke net fishing: The direct effects of a protected bird on coastal commercial fishing (2025)
Fisheries Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese <i>Anser fabalis</i> provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration (2024)
Journal of Avian Biology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Optimised PCR assays for detecting elusive waterfowl from environmental DNA (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Suomen haapanasaalis on peräisin laajalta alueelta (2024)
Metsästäjä
(E1 Yleistajuinen artikkeli lehdessä)
The habitat preferences of invasive raccoon dog imply elevated risks for wetland-associated prey species (2024)
Oecologia
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Large-scale genotypic identification reveals density-dependent natal dispersal patterns in an elusive bird of prey (2024)
Movement ecology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Runsastuva merikotkakanta leviää hitaasti (2024)
Linnut-vuosikirja
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä)
Winter-ground microhabitat use by differently coloured phenotypes affects return rate in a long-distance migratory bird (2024)
Oecologia
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )