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
Large-scale genotypic identification reveals density-dependent natal dispersal patterns in an elusive bird of prey (2024)
Movement ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Fecal calcium levels of bird nestlings as a potential indicator of species-specific metal sensitivity (2024)
Environmental Pollution
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Anthropogenic bottom-up and top-down impacts on boreal breeding waterbirds (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Diet of the raccoon dog, an invasive mesopredator, during the breeding season of declining waterbird populations (2024)
Global Ecology and Conservation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Optimised PCR assays for detecting elusive waterfowl from environmental DNA (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(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))
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))
A gradual migratory divide determines not only the direction of migration but also migration strategy of a social migrant bird (2023)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))