Staff profile

My research sits at the interface of global change ecology, macroecology, land-system science, data science, and ecoinformatics. I focus on understanding and predicting global dynamics in biodiversity, ecosystems, and land use under climatic and societal change. I develop and apply quantitative, computational approaches to integrate heterogeneous data sources - ranging from remote sensing to in situ observations - across spatial and temporal scales, with the aim of advancing both empirical understanding and theory on human-environment interactions. Several of my works have an applied angle and aim to inform environmental monitoring, conservation, or sustainability policy.

Research Interests

Global Change Ecology, Macroecology, Land System Science, Ecoinformatics

Journal Article

• Ecosystem extent mapping in a global monitoring context
  
  Tregubova, P., Smets, B., Hein, L., Kokkoris, I. P., Perrone, M., Barták, V., Komárek, J., Moudrý, V., Remelgado, R., Balbi, S., Bulckaen, A., McCallum, I., Lesiv, M., Paganini, M., & Meyer, C. (2026). Ecosystem extent mapping in a global monitoring context. Journal of Environmental Management, 402, Article 129054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129054
• A global map of groundwater-dependent vegetation in the Mediterranean biome
  
  El-Hokayem, L., Damasceno, G., Sabatini, F. M., Bruelheide, H., Bonari, G., Dwyer, C., Gonçalves, F., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Millett, J., Peñuelas, J., Svenning, J., Altman, J., Chen, H. Y., Dziuba, T., El-Sheikh, M. A., Güler, B., Hending, D., Hérault, B., Hatim, M. Z., … Conrad, C. (2026). A global map of groundwater-dependent vegetation in the Mediterranean biome. Ecological Indicators, 183, Article 114669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.114669
• The interacting effects of climate and land‐cover change on bird communities in the United States
  
  Thompson, K. L., Chase, J. M., Remelgado, R., & Meyer, C. (2025). The interacting effects of climate and land‐cover change on bird communities in the United States. Ecography, 2025(12), Article e07949. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.07949
• HarvestStat: a global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data
  
  Davis, K. F., Anderson, W., Ehrmann, S., Flach, R., Meyer, C., Proctor, J., Ray, D., You, L., Foley, M., Kerdiles, H., Hultgren, A., Huybers, P., Kebede, E., Meroni, M., Park, C., & Lee, D. (2025). HarvestStat: a global effort towards open and standardized sub-national agricultural data. Environmental Research Letters, 20(5), Article 052001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adcb54
• HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized Subnational Crop Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
  
  Lee, D., Anderson, W., Chen, X., Davenport, F., Shukla, S., Sahajpal, R., Budde, M., Rowland, J., Verdin, J., You, L., Ahouangbenon, M., Davis, K. F., Kebede, E., Ehrmann, S., Justice, C., & Meyer, C. (2025). HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized Subnational Crop Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Data, 12(1), Article 690. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05001-z
• The cumulative niche approach: A framework to assess the performance of ecological niche model projections
  
  Arlé, E., Knight, T. M., Jiménez‐Muñoz, M., Biancolini, D., Belmaker, J., & Meyer, C. (2024). The cumulative niche approach: A framework to assess the performance of ecological niche model projections. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), Article e11060. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11060
• Land tenure drives Brazil’s deforestation rates across socio-environmental contexts
  
  Pacheco, A., & Meyer, C. (2022). Land tenure drives Brazil’s deforestation rates across socio-environmental contexts. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 5759. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33398-3
• bRacatus: A method to estimate the accuracy and biogeographical status of georeferenced biological data
  
  Arlé, E., Zizka, A., Keil, P., Winter, M., Essl, F., Knight, T., Weigelt, P., Jiménez‐Muñoz, M., & Meyer, C. (2021). bRacatus: A method to estimate the accuracy and biogeographical status of georeferenced biological data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(9), 1609-1619. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13629