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
Amidst the flyway: Co-designing accommodation fields for the barnacle goose in South-Eastern Finland (2023)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Cavity-breeding birds create specific microhabitats for diverse arthropod communities in boreal forests (2023)
Biodiversity and Conservation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Early-life diet specificity is associated with long-lasting differences in apparent survival in a generalist predator (2023)
Journal of Animal Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Occupancy rates of excavated cavities and nest boxes in managed boreal forest in relation to forest structure (2023)
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Passive acoustic survey reveals the abundance of a low-density predator and its dependency on mature forests (2023)
Landscape Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Editorial: Determinants and Consequences of Perceived Predation Risk: From Individual Behavior to Transgenerational Effects (2022)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
When and where to count? Implications of migratory connectivity and nonbreeding distribution to population censuses in a migratory bird population (2022)
Population Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
More wood but less biodiversity in forests in Finland: a historical evaluation (2022)
Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Maternally transferred thyroid hormones and life-history variation in birds (2022)
Journal of Animal Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Effects of multiple targeted repelling measures on the behaviour of individually tracked birds in an area of increasing human-wildlife conflict (2022)
Journal of Applied Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))