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
Trophic Dynamics of Mercury in the Baltic Archipelago Sea Food Web: The Impact of Ecological and Ecophysiological Traits (2022)
Environmental Science and Technology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Arktiset valkopostkihanhet ja maatalousvahingot – löytyykö ratkaisu hanhipelloista? (2022)
Linnut-vuosikirja
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Editorial: Determinants and Consequences of Perceived Predation Risk: From Individual Behavior to Transgenerational Effects (2022)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
When and where to count? Implications of migratory connectivity and nonbreeding distribution to population censuses in a migratory bird population (2022)
Population Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
More wood but less biodiversity in forests in Finland: a historical evaluation (2022)
Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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))
Uhanalaisluokitus joustamaton metsästyssääntelyyn (2021)
Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
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))
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))