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
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))
Lakla-metsähanhi (2022)
(Yleistajuinen tai tieteellinen, ei-vertaisarvioitu monografia (E2))Population differences in the length and early-life dynamics of telomeres among European pied flycatchers (2022)
Molecular Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Invasive species control with apex predators: increasing presence of wolves is associated with reduced occurrence of the alien raccoon dog (2022)
Biological Invasions
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Species-specific song responses emerge as a by-product of tuning to the local dialect (2022)
Current Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Within-individual repeatability in telomere length: A meta-analysis in nonmammalian vertebrates (2022)
Molecular Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A rapid increase of large-sized waterfowl does not explain the population declines of small-sized waterbird at their breeding sites (2022)
Global Ecology and Conservation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Habitat use by post-fledging white-tailed eagles shows avoidance of human infrastructure and agricultural areas (2021)
European Journal of Wildlife Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Interplays between pre- and post-natal environments affect early-life mortality, body mass and telomere dynamics in the wild (2021)
Journal of Experimental Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))