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
Insect herbivory may cause changes in the visual properties of leaves and affect the camouflage of herbivores to avian predators (2017)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Non-invasive genetic monitoring involving citizen science enables reconstruction of current pack dynamics in a re-establishing wolf population (2017)
BMC Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Insect herbivory may cause changes in the visual properties of leaves and affect the camouflage of herbivores to avian predators (2017)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Testosterone levels in relation to size and UV reflectance of achromatic plumage traits of female pied flycatchers (2017)
Journal of Avian Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Nosy neighbours: large broods attract more visitors. A field experiment in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca (2017)
Oecologia
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
White-tailed eagle is an indicator for the health of the Baltic Sea (2016)
Baltic Rim Economies
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Predator encounters have spatially extensive impacts on parental behaviour in a breeding bird community (2016)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Maternal transfer of androgens in eggs is affected by food supplementation but not by predation risk (2016)
Journal of Avian Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Post-fledging movements of white-tailed eagles: Conservation implications for wind-energy development (2016)
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))