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Toni Laaksonen

Toni Laaksonen

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Ecology and Evolution

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41
Citations
6021
World Ranking
5881
National Ranking
89

Overview

Toni Laaksonen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research covers several main topics, notably Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Plant and animal studies, and Mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Laaksonen include:

  • The Indo-European flyway: Opportunities and constraints reflected by Common Rosefinches breeding across Europe (2021), Journal of Biogeography
  • Within-individual repeatability in telomere length: A meta-analysis in nonmammalian vertebrates (2021), Molecular Ecology
  • 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
  • Tree cavity abundance and beyond: Nesting and food storing sites of the pygmy owl in managed boreal forests (2020), Forest Ecology and Management
  • Diet and breeding habitat preferences of White-tailed Eagles in a northern inland environment (2020), Polar Biology

Laaksonen frequently publishes in journals such as Oecologia, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Forest Ecology and Management, and European Journal of Wildlife Research.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Antti Piironen
  • Erkki Korpimäki
  • Tiia Kärkkäinen
  • Daniele Baroni
  • Camilla Ekblad

Best Publications

  • Variation in climate warming along the migration route uncouples arrival and breeding dates

    Markus Ahola;Toni Laaksonen;Katja Sippola;Tapio Eeva

  • Birds help plants: a meta-analysis of top-down trophic cascades caused by avian predators

    Elina Mäntylä;Tero Klemola;Toni Laaksonen;Toni Laaksonen

  • Variation in the diet composition of a generalist predator, the red fox, in relation to season and density of main prey

    Graziella Lucia Dell'Arte;Toni Laaksonen;Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki

  • From Plants to Birds: Higher Avian Predation Rates in Trees Responding to Insect Herbivory

    Elina Mäntylä;Giorgio A. Alessio;James D. Blande;Juha Heijari

  • Climate change, breeding date and nestling diet: how temperature differentially affects seasonal changes in pied flycatcher diet depending on habitat variation

    Claudia Burger;Eugen Belskii;Tapio Eeva;Toni Laaksonen

  • Climate change can alter competitive relationships between resident and migratory birds.

    Markus P. Ahola;Toni Laaksonen;Tapio Eeva;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Inter-sexual differences in the immune response of Eurasian kestrel nestlings under food shortage

    Juan A. Fargallo;Toni Laaksonen;Ville Pöyri;Erkki Korpimäki

  • Interactive effects of parental age and environmental variation on the breeding performance of Tengmalm's owls

    Toni Laaksonen;Erkki Korpimäki;Harri Hakkarainen

  • Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy.

    Peter Adamík;Tamara Emmenegger;Martins Briedis;Lars Gustafsson

  • Climatic responses in spring migration of boreal and arctic birds in relation to wintering area and taxonomy

    Kalle Rainio;Toni Laaksonen;Markus Ahola;Anssi V. Vähätalo

  • Climate change, migratory connectivity and changes in laying date and clutch size of the pied flycatcher

    Toni Laaksonen;Markus Ahola;Tapio Eeva;Risto A. Väisänen

  • Geographic patterns of genetic differentiation and plumage colour variation are different in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

    Paula K. Lehtonen;Toni Laaksonen;Aleksandr V. Artemyev;Eugen Belskii

  • A melanin-based trait reflects environmental growth conditions of nestling male Eurasian kestrels

    Juan A. Fargallo;Toni Laaksonen;Erkki Korpimäki;Kazumasa Wakamatsu

  • Light‐level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

    J. Ouwehand;M. P. Ahola;A. N. M. A. Ausems;E. S. Bridge

  • Yolk hormones have sex-specific long-term effects on behavior in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

    Suvi Ruuskanen;Toni Laaksonen

  • Female field voles with high testosterone and glucose levels produce male-biased litters

    Samuli Helle;Toni Laaksonen;Annika Adamsson;Jorma Paranko

  • Population trends in boreal birds: Continuing declines in agricultural, northern, and long-distance migrant species

    Toni Laaksonen;Aleksi Lehikoinen

  • Distinguishing between male and territory quality: females choose multiple traits in the pied flycatcher

    Päivi Maria Sirkiä;Toni Laaksonen;Toni Laaksonen

  • Size-mediated dominance and begging behaviour in Eurasian kestrel broods

    Juan A. Fargallo;Juan A. Fargallo;Toni Laaksonen;Erkki Korpimäki;Ville Pöyri

  • Hatching asynchrony as a bet-hedging strategy – an offspring diversity hypothesis

    Toni Laaksonen

  • Year- and sex-dependent effects of experimental brood sex ratio manipulation on fledging condition of Eurasian kestrels

    Toni Laaksonen;Juan A. Fargallo;Erkki Korpimäki;Sami Lyytinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Erkki Korpimäki
Erkki Korpimäki University of Turku
Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Indrikis Krams
Indrikis Krams University of Latvia
Esa Lehikoinen
Esa Lehikoinen University of Turku
Blandine Doligez
Blandine Doligez Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Lars Gustafsson
Lars Gustafsson Uppsala University
Tero Klemola
Tero Klemola University of Turku
Raivo Mänd
Raivo Mänd University of Tartu
Christiaan Both
Christiaan Both University of Groningen
Jukka T. Forsman
Jukka T. Forsman Natural Resources Institute Finland

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