Milda Norkute (Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA)) forsvarer sin ph.d. "Skogbrukets effekter på biologisk mangfold og økosystemfunksjoner" fredag den 12. september, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
“Forestry effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functions”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Skogbrukets effekter på biologisk mangfold og økosystemfunksjoner"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
"Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis and Habitat Heterogeneity Hypothesis as frameworks for understanding forest management impacts"
Time and place for trial lecture and public defence
Friday 12 September 2025 at 12:15, Festsalen, Clock Building
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
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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: Associate Professor Anne-Maarit Hekkala, (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden)
Second opponent: Professor Hans Cornelissen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Committee coordinator: Professor John-Arvid Grytnes (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Tone Birkemoe (MINA/NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Professor Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson (NMBU), Professor Johan Asplund (NMBU) and Dr. Jenni Nordén (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway)
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.