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
Population trends in boreal birds: Continuing declines in agricultural, northern, and long-distance migrant species (2013)
Biological Conservation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Temporal peaks in social information: prospectors investigate conspecific nests after a simulated predator visit (2013)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sex-specific offspring growth according to maternal testosterone, corticosterone, and glucose levels (2013)
Behavioral Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Miksi harakka tykkää kiiltävistä esineistä? (2012)
Helsingin Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Climate change, breeding date and nestling diet: how temperature differentially affects seasonal changes in pied flycatcher diet depending on habitat variation (2012)
Journal of Animal Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Tietoa viideltä vuosikymmeneltä: merikotkaa seurataan (2012)
Ukuli
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Candidate genes for colour and vision exhibit signals of selection across the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding range (2012)
Heredity
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Successful voluntary conservation of raptor nests under intensive forestry pressure in a boreal landscape (2012)
Animal Conservation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Salakaadot susipolitiikan ongelma (2012)
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))Prospecting at conspecific nests and exploration in a novel environment are associated with reproductive success in the jackdaw (2012)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))