Professional summary

Thomas Mondain Monval is an environmental data scientist with a background in ecology and fieldwork in animal behaviour. His research interests include using citizen science and tracking data to understand patterns in animal behaviour and biodiversity across spatial scales. He also has a keen interest in modelling species trends and distributions in response to climate change. More recently, his work has focused on the use of adaptive sampling for improving species distribution models, specifically to address biases present in citizen science datasets, and assessing survey designs using power analyses.

Selected publications

Henrys Peter A. et al. , (2024), Adaptive sampling in ecology: key challenges and future opportunities. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14393

Mondain-Monval Thomas et al. , (2024), Adaptive sampling by citizen scientists improves species distribution model performance: a simulation study. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14355

Other Publications
Investigating connectivity and seasonal differences in wind assistance in the migration of Common Sandpipers, Mondain-Monval, TO, du Feu, R, Summers, RW and Sharp, SP. Ibis, 2024
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ibi.13259
An adaptable integrated modelling platform to support rapidly evolving agricultural and environmental policy. Harrison, P, Beauchamp, K, Cooper, J, Dickie, I, and Fitch, A, [...], Mondain-Monval, TO, and others. Environmental Modelling & Software. 2023
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815223002074
Flyway-scale analysis reveals that the timing of migration in wading birds is becoming later. Mondain-Monval, TO, Amos, M, and Chapman, JL, MacColl, A, and Sharp, SP. Ecology and Evolution. 2021
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.8130
Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP). Emmett, BA, Bentley, LF, Bowgen, KM, Doeser, A, Jarvis, SG, Kimberley, A, Macgregor, CJ, Maskell, L, Mondain-Monval, TO, Reinsch, S and others, 2025