9. februar - Andrea Fernanda Vallejo Vargas (MINA)

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence 

English title of thesis:

"Activity patterns in tropical forest mammals: a pantropical assessment using camera-trap data"  

Friday 9 February 2024, at 12:15 at Festsalen, Clock Building. 

Norwegian title of thesis:

"Aktivitetsmønstre til tropiske skogpattedyr: en pantropisk vurdering ved bruk av viltkameradata" 

Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:

"What is habitat and what invasive and non-invasive methods can be used to study habitat use and selection in tropical mammals?"  

Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:

Friday 9 February 2024, at 12:15 at Festsalen, Clock Building.  

The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/61819543315 

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 Brian Gerber (Colorado State University, USA)

Second opponent: Dr Ana Benítez López (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain (MNCN-CSIS))

Committee coordinator: Professor Torbjørn Haugaasen, NMBU/MINA

Supervisors:

Main supervisor: Professor Richard Bischof (NMBU)

Co-supervisor: Professor Douglas Sheil (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.