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
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))
Lakla-metsähanhi (2022)
(Yleistajuinen tai tieteellinen, ei-vertaisarvioitu monografia (E2))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))
Identifying the paths of climate effects on population dynamics: dynamic and multilevel structural equation model around the annual cycle (2021)
Oecologia
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Major population splits coincide with episodes of rapid climate change in a forest-dependent bird (2021)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(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))
Birds of three worlds: moult migration to high Arctic expands a boreal-temperate flyway to a third biome (2021)
Movement ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Habitat choice of a secondary cavity user indicates higher avoidance of disturbed habitat during breeding than during food-hoarding (2021)
Forest Ecology and Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Poiston ja ”opettamisen” tehoa tutkitaan. Kosteikkojen supikoirat kuriin (2021)
Metsästäjä
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
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))