Publications

On this page, you’ll find a list of my publications, along with links to associated materials such as PDFs, source files, source code, and visualization repositories when available. A BibTeX entry for citation is provided at the end of the page.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

1. Souza Oliveira M, Préau C, Alleaume S, Lenormand M & Luque S (2025) Modelling species distributions using remote sensing predictors: Comparing dynamic habitat index and LULC. Ecological Indicators 179, 114198.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

2. Lenormand M, Féret JB, Papuga G, Alleaume S & Luque S (2025) Coupling in situ and remote sensing data to assess α- and β-diversity over biogeographic gradients. Ecography 2025, e07479.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

3. Denelle P, Leroy B & Lenormand M (2025) Bioregionalization analyses with the bioregion R package. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 16, 496-506.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [package]

4. Vallée J & Lenormand M (2024) Intersectionality approach of everyday geography. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 51, 347-365.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

5. Lenormand M (2023) TDLM: An R package for a systematic comparison of trip distribution laws and models. Journal of Open Source Software 8, 5434.
   Open science: [PDF] [package]

6. Lenormand M & Samaniego H (2023) Uncovering the socioeconomic structure of spatial and social interactions in cities. Urban Science 7, 15.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

7. Dubos N, Préau C, Lenormand M, Papuga G, Montsarrat S, Denelle P, Le Louarn M, Heremans S, Roel M, Roche P & Luque S (2022) Assessing the effect of sample bias correction in species distribution models. Ecological Indicators 145, 109487.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

8. Dubos N, Lenormand M, Castello L, Oberdorff T, Guisan A & Luque S (2022) Protection gaps in Amazon floodplains will increase with climate change: Insight from the world’s largest scaled freshwater fish. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32, 1830-1841.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

9. Préau C, Tournebize J, Lenormand M, Alleaume S, Gouy Boussada V & Luque S (2022) Habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes improving multi-functionality of constructed wetlands as nature-based solutions. Ecological Engineering 182, 106725.
   Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

10. Préau C, Dubos N, Lenormand M, Denelle P, Le Louarn M, Alleaume S & Luque S (2022) Dispersal-based species pools as sources of connectivity area mismatches. Landscape Ecology 37, 729-743.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

11. Lee-Cruz L, Lenormand M, Cappelle J, Caron A, De Nys H, Peeters M, Bourgarel M, Roger F & Tran A (2021) Mapping of Ebola virus spillover: Suitability and seasonal variability at the landscape scale. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, e0009683.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

12. Lenormand M, Pella H & Capra H (2021) Animal daily mobility patterns analysis using resting event networks. Applied Network Science 6, 7.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

13. Lenormand M, Arias JM, San Miguel M & Ramasco JJ (2020) On the importance of trip destination for modeling individual human mobility patterns. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17, 20200673.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

14. Chiffoleau Y, Brit A-C, Monnier M, Akermann G, Lenormand M & Saucède M (2020) Coexistence of supply chains in a city’s food supply: A factor for resilience? Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies 101, 391-414.
    Open science: [PDF]

15. Billaud O, Soubeyrand M, Luque L & Lenormand M (2020) Comprehensive decision-strategy space exploration for efficient territorial planning strategies. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 83, 101516.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

16. Jahel C, Lenormand M, Seck I, Apolloni A, Toure I, Faye C, Sall B, Lo M, Squarzoni Diaw C, Lancelot R & Coste C (2020) Mapping livestock movements in Sahelian Africa. Scientific Reports 10, 8339.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

17. Lenormand M, Samaniego H, Chaves JC, da Fonseca Vieira V, da Silva MAHB & Evsukoff AG (2020) Entropy as a measure of attractiveness and socioeconomic complexity in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. Entropy 22, 368.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

18. Bassolas A, Gallotti R, Lamanna F, Lenormand M & Ramasco JJ (2020) Scaling in the recovery of urban transportation systems from massive events. Scientific Reports 10, 2746.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

19. Mazzoli M, Molas A, Bassolas A, Lenormand M, Colet P & Ramasco JJ (2019) Field Theory for recurrent mobility. Nature Communications 10, 3895.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: Nature Physics

20. Lenormand M, Papuga G, Argagnon O, Soubeyrand M, De Barros G, Alleaume S & Luque S (2019) Biogeographical network analysis of plant species distribution in the Mediterranean region. Ecology & Evolution 9, 237-250.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

21. Lenormand M, Luque S, Langemeyer J, Tenerelli P, Zulian G, Aalders I, Chivulescu S, Clemente P, Dick J, van Dijk J, van Eupen M, Giuca R, Kopperoinen L, Lellei-Kovács E, Leone M, Lieskovský J, Schirpke U, Smith A, Tappeiner U & Woods H (2018) Multiscale socio-ecological networks in the age of information. PLOS ONE 13, e0206672.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

22. Lamanna F, Lenormand M, Salas-Olmedo MH, Romanillos G, Gonçalves B & Ramasco JJ (2018) Immigrant community integration in world cities. PLOS ONE 13, e0191612.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: National Geographic

23. Barbosa-Filho H, Barthelemy M, Ghoshal G, James C R, Lenormand M, Louail T, Menezes R, Ramasco JJ, Simini F & Tomasini M (2018) Human mobility: Models and applications. Physics Reports 734, 1-74.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

24. Lenormand M (2018) Generating OWA weights using truncated distributions. International Journal of Intelligent Systems 33, 791-801.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo] [viz]

25. Louail T, Lenormand M, Arias JM & Ramasco JJ (2017) Crowdsourcing the Robin Hood effect in cities. Applied Network Science 2, 11.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: Le Monde

26. Lenormand M & Ramasco JJ (2016) Towards a better understanding of cities using mobility data. Built Environment 42, 356-364.
    Open science: [PDF]

27. Bassolas A, Lenormand M, Tugores A, Gonçalves B & Ramasco JJ (2016) Touristic site attractiveness seen through Twitter. EPJ Data Science 5, 12.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

28. Lenormand M, Bassolas A & Ramasco JJ (2016) Systematic comparison of trip distribution laws and models. Journal of Transport Geography 51, 158-169.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

29. Lenormand M, Picornell M, Cantú-Ros OG, Louail T, Herranz R, Barthelemy M, Frias-Martinez E, San Miguel M & Ramasco JJ (2015) Comparing and modeling land use organization in cities. Royal Society Open Science 2, 150459.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

30. Lenormand M, Gonçalves B, Tugores A & Ramasco JJ (2015) Human diffusion and city influence. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12, 20150473.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [viz]

31. Lenormand M, Louail T, Cantú-Ros OG, Picornell M, Herranz R, Arias JM, Barthelemy M, San Miguel M & Ramasco JJ (2015) Influence of sociodemographic characteristics on human mobility. Scientific Reports 5, 10075.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

32. Picornell M, Ruiz T, Lenormand M, Ramasco JJ, Dubernet T & Frias-Martinez E (2015) Exploring the potential of phone call data to characterize the relationship between social network and travel behavior. Transportation 42, 647-668.
    Open science: [PDF]

33. Louail T, Lenormand M, Picornell M, Cantú-Ros OG, Herranz R, Frias-Martinez E, Ramasco JJ & Barthelemy M (2015) Uncovering the spatial structure of mobility networks. Nature Communications 6, 6007.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

34. Campanelli B, Lenormand M, Fleurquin P, Ramasco JJ & Eguíluz VM (2014) Movilidad y transporte: un viaje a traves del espacio, de la ciudad al mundo. Revista Española de Física 28, 37-41.
    Open science: [PDF]

35. Lenormand M, Tugores A, Colet P & Ramasco JJ (2014) Tweets on the road. PLOS ONE 9, e105407.
    Open science: [arXiv] [PDF]

36. Lenormand M, Picornell M, Cantú-Ros OG, Tugores A, Louail T, Herranz R, Barthelemy M, Frias-Martinez E & Ramasco JJ (2014) Cross-checking different sources of mobility information. PLOS ONE 9, e105184.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

37. Louail T, Lenormand M, Cantú-Ros OG, Picornell M, Herranz R, Frias-Martinez E, Ramasco JJ & Barthelemy M (2014) From mobile phone data to the spatial structure of cities. Scientific Reports 4, 5276.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]
    Highlights: MIT Tech Review

38. Lenormand M, Huet S & Gargiulo F (2014) Generating French virtual commuting network at municipality level. Journal of Transport and Land Use 7, 43-55.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

39. Lenormand M & Deffuant G (2013) Generating a synthetic population of individuals in households: Sample-free vs sample-based methods. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 16, 12.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

40. Lenormand M, Jabot F & Deffuant G (2013) Adaptive approximate Bayesian computation for complex models. Computational Statistics 28, 2777-2796.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv] [repo]

41. Lenormand M, Huet S, Gargiulo F & Deffuant G (2012) A universal model of commuting networks. PLOS ONE 7, e45985.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

42. Lenormand M, Huet S & Deffuant G (2012) Deriving the number of jobs in proximity services from the number of inhabitants in French rural municipalities. PLOS ONE 7, e40001.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

43. Gargiulo F, Lenormand M, Huet S & Baqueiro Espinosa O (2012) Commuting network model: Getting the essentials. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 15, 6.
    Open science: [PDF] [arXiv]

Submitted papers

• Rigal S, Lenormand M, Tardieu L, Auniņš A, Bakx T, Brambilla M, Brotons L, Chodkiewicz T, Fontaine B, Fric ZF, Gamero A, Herrando S, Kålås JA, Kamp J, Kurlavičienė P, Kuussaari M, Lehikoinen A, Maes D, Mestdagh X, Musche M, Øien IJ, Pettersson L, Reif J, Rüdisser JM, Šašić M, Schmucki R, Stefanescu C, Stokke BG, Strebel N, Titeux N, Trautmann S, Van Swaay C & Luque S (2025) Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species despite conservation policies in Europe. arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.18227.
  Open science: [arXiv]

• Souza Oliveira M, Lenormand M, Luque S, Zamora NA, Alleaume S, Aguilar Porras AC, Castillo MU, Chacón-Madrigal E, Delgado D, Hernández Sánchez LG, Ngo Bieng M-A, Quesada RM, Solano GS & Zúñiga PM (2025) Unlocking tropical forest complexity: How tree assemblages in secondary forests boost biodiversity conservation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.02523.
  Open science: [arXiv]

• Soret M, Moulherat S, Lenormand M & Luque S (2024) Implication of modelling choices on connectivity estimation: A comparative analysis. arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.09564.
  Open science: [arXiv]

Conference papers

• Lenormand M (2023) Mapping mobile service usage diversity in cities. NetMob 2023, Madrid, Spain.
  Open science: [PDF] [arXiv extended version] [repo]

• Lenormand M, Louail T, Barthelemy M & Ramasco JJ (2016) Is spatial information in ICT data reliable? Spatial Accuracy 2016, Montpellier, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [arXiv extended version] [repo]

• Louf R, Carra G, Commenges H, Dembele J-M, Gallotti R, Lenormand M, Louail T & Barthelemy M (2015) Spatial structure and efficiency of commuting in Senegalese cities. NetMob 2015, Boston, USA.
  Open science: [PDF]

Book chapters

• Huet S, Lenormand M, Deffuant G & Gargiulo F (2014) Parametrisation of individual working dynamics. Chapter 8 in Empirical Agent-Based Modelling - Challenges and Solutions - Volume 1: The Characterisation and Parameterisation of Empirical Agent-Based Models, Smajgl A & Barreteau O (Eds.), Springer New York, 133-169.
  Open science: [PDF]

Theses

• Lenormand M (2025) Contributions to spatial interaction analysis and modeling. HDR thesis, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [LaTeX]

• Lenormand M (2012) Initialize and calibrate a dynamic stochastic microsimulation model: Application to the SimVillages model. PhD thesis, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [LaTeX]

• Lenormand M (2009) Analyse de données relatives à l’évolution des communes d’Auvergne pour la sélection de communes prototypiques. MSc thesis, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  Open science: [PDF] [LaTeX]