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
White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) nestlings as spatial sentinels of Baltic acidic sulphate soil associated metal contamination (2020)
Science of the Total Environment
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Climate change and perishable food hoards of an avian predator: Is the freezer still working? (2020)
Global Change Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Suomen merikotkakanta elinvoimaisena 2020-luvulle (2020)
Linnut-vuosikirja
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Tree cavity abundance and beyond: Nesting and food storing sites of the pygmy owl in managed boreal forests (2020)
Forest Ecology and Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Age and sex differences in numerical responses, dietary shifts, and total responses of a generalist predator to population dynamics of main prey (2020)
Oecologia
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Diet and breeding habitat preferences of White-tailed Eagles in a northern inland environment (2020)
Polar Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The difference between generalist and specialist: the effects of wide fluctuations in main food abundance on numbers and reproduction of two co‐existing predators (2020)
Journal of Avian Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Lähetinmetsähanhien syksyinen ohilento ja keväinen lepäily (2020)
Metsästäjä
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
The roles of temperature, nest predators and information parasites for geographical variation in egg covering behaviour of tits (Paridae) (2020)
Journal of Biogeography
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction (2020)
Oikos
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))