Juliette Marie Bernadette Hunault-Fontbonne will defend her PhD thesis " In Search of Lost Connectivity: How can biodiversity and habitat networks be better integrated into boreal forest planning?” Friday 28 November, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
In Search of Lost Connectivity: How can biodiversity and habitat networks be better integrated into boreal forest planning?”
Norwegian title of thesis
"På jakt etter tapt konnektivitet: Hvordan kan biologisk mangfold og habitatnettverk bedre integreres i boreal skogforvaltning?"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
Simulation modelling for forest management and biodiversity under climate change: approaches and limitations.
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Friday 28 November 2025, at 12.15 at Festsalen, Clock building.
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/69086108875?pwd=7AwfQSA51zMa3xmb1Ffe4rP3fHU9qY.1
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Dr. Marco Mina (Eurac Research, Italy).
Second opponent: Dr. Johanna Yletyinen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland).
Committee coordinator: Professor Ole Martin Bollandsås (MINA/NMBU).
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Kyle Eyvindson (University of Helsinki, Finland).
Co-supervisor: Professor Line Nybakken (MINA/NMBU)
Guidelines for digital attendance:
- Do not use the camera.
- Mute your microphone.
- In Zoom you will first be placed in the waiting room. Please introduce yourself with your name, rather than with your IP address or computer name.
- If anyone has a question and wants to oppose ‘ex auditorio’, please write in the chat window of Zoom (1) “XY (your name) has a question" and (2) the question in brief. The chair of the defense will evaluate whether your question is opportune, and you will be given the word after the two opponents have concluded.
- When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
- We advise you to test your own equipment before attending.
- The chat is not to be used for general discussions.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no.
NB! This offer is before the defense only. After, the thesis will be available via NMBU's library.