Dr Carsten Meyer

Head of Research Group & Senior Scientist

Research Interests

 

I am an interdisciplinary researcher working at the interface of geography, ecology, and informatics to study global human-environment dynamics. My main focus is on global land-use changes, their environmental consequences, and their socioeconomic drivers. I embrace modern digital technology as a way of addressing theoretical, data, and modelling challenges in interdisciplinary science. My work typically uses statistical and computational approaches to analyze large datasets (incl. qualitative data) and often transcends multiple spatial scales or levels of organization (e.g., spatial, temporal, political). As of November 2016, I am leading the Macroecology & Society lab at (iDiv), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as a Freigeist-Fellow.

Short CV

 

  • Since 11/2016: Head of the Freigeist Group “Macroecology and Society” at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Resarch (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
  • 2016: Postdoc at the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA
  • 2015: Postdoc at the Synthesis Center sDiv, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Resarch (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
  • 2011–2015: PhD-Thesis in the “Biodiversity, Macroecology, and Biogeography” Group, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 2004–2010: Study of Biology at the University of Göttingen, Germany. During 2007, Study of Biology at the University of Lund, Sweden

Non-iDiv Publications

 

Despot-Belmonte, K., Neßhöver, C., Saarenmaa, H., Regan, E., Meyer, C., Martins, E., Groom, Q., Hoffmann, A., Caine, A., Bowles-Newark, N., Bae, H., Lange Canhos, D.A., Stenzel, S., Bowler, D., Schneider, A., Weatherdon, L.V., Martin, C.S. (2017): Biodiversity data provision and decision-making – addressing the challenges. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3:1-11e12165. | 10.3897/rio.3.e12165

Meyer, C. (2016): Limitations in global information on species occurrences. Frontiers of Biogeography 8:e28195. | 10.21425/F58228195

Meyer, C., Kreft, H., Guralnick, R. P., Jetz, W. (2015): Global priorities for an effective information basis of biodiversity distributions. Nature Communications6:8221. | 10.1038/ncomms9221

Kehoe, L., Kuemmerle, T., Meyer, C., Levers, C., Václavík, T., Kreft, H. (2015): Global patterns of agricultural land-use intensity and vertebrate diversity. Diversity and Distributions 21:1308–1318. | 10.1111/ddi.12359

Stein, A., Beck, J., Meyer, C., Waldmann, E., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H. (2015): Differential effects of environmental heterogeneity on global mammal species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography24:1072–1083. | 10.1111/geb.12337

iDiv publications

 

Henry, Etienne G., Santini, Luca, Butchart, Stuart H. M., González-Suárez, Manuela, Lucas, Pablo M., Benítez-López, Ana, Mancini, Giordano, Jung, Martin, Cardoso, Pedro, Zizka, Alexander, Meyer, Carsten, Akçakaya, H. Reşit, Berryman, Alex J., Cazalis, Victor, Di Marco, Moreno

(2024): Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology

Arlé, Eduardo, Knight, Tiffany Marie, Jiménez-Muñoz, Marina, Biancolini, Dino, Belmaker, Jonathan, Meyer, Carsten

(2024): The cumulative niche approach: A framework to assess the performance of ecological niche model projections. Ecology and Evolution

Fischer, J., Egli, L., Groth, J., Barrasso, C., Ehrmann, S., Figgemeier, H., Henzen, C., Meyer, C., Müller-Pfefferkorn, R., Rümmler, A., Wagner, M., Bernard, L., Seppelt, R.

(2023): Approaches and tools for user-driven provenance and data quality information in spatial data infrastructures. International Journal of Digital Earth

McGeoch, Melodie A., Buba, Yehezkel, Arlé, Eduardo, Belmaker, Jonathan, Clarke, David A., Jetz, Walter, Li, Richard, Seebens, Hanno, Essl, Franz, Groom, Quentin, García-Berthou, Emili, Lenzner, Bernd, Meyer, Carsten, Vicente, Joana R., Wilson, John R. U., Winter, Marten

(2023): Invasion trends: An interpretable measure of change is needed to support policy targets. Conservation Letters

Alexandridis, N., Marion, G., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Dainese, M., Ekroos, J., Grab, H., Jonsson, M., Karp, D. S., Meyer, C., O'Rourke, M. E., Pontarp, M., Poveda, K., Seppelt, R., Smith, H. G., Walters, R. J., Clough, Y., Martin, E. A.

(2022): Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land-use change. Ecological Applications

Cazalis, V., Di Marco, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Akçakaya, H. R., González-Suárez, M., Meyer, C., Clausnitzer, V., Böhm, M., Zizka, A., Cardoso, P., Schipper, A. M., Bachman, S. P., Young, B. E., Hoffmann, M., Benítez-López, A., Lucas, P. M., Pettorelli, N., Patoine, G., Pacifici, M., Jörger-Hickfang, T., Brooks, T. M., Rondinini, C., Hill, S. L. L., Visconti, P. and Santini, L.

(2022): Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Pacheco, A., Meyer, C.

(2022): Land tenure drives Brazil’s deforestation rates across socio-environmental contexts. Nature Communications

Bach, W., Kreft, H., Craven, D., König, C., Schrader, J., Taylor, A., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Marx, H. E., Meyer, C., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., van Kleunen, M., Winter, M., Weigelt, P.

(2022): Phylogenetic composition of native island floras influences naturalized alien species richness. Ecography

Pouteau, R., Brunel, C., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Lenzner, B., Meyer, C., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Seebens, H., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., van Kleunen, M.

(2021): Environmental and socioeconomic correlates of extinction risk in endemic species. Diversity and Distributions

Oliver, R. Y., Meyer, C., Ranipeta, A., Winner, K., Jetz, W.

(2021): Global and national trends, gaps, and opportunities in documenting and monitoring species distributions. PLOS Biology

Alexandridis, N., Marion, G., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Dainese, M., Ekroos, J., Grab, H., Jonsson, M., Karp, D. S., Meyer, C., O'Rourke, M. E., Pontarp, M., Poveda, K., Seppelt, R., Smith, H. G., Martin, E. A., Clough, Y.

(2021): Models of natural pest control: Towards predictions across agricultural landscapes. Biological Control

E. Arlé, A. Zizka, P. Keil, M. Winter, F. Essl, T. Knight, P. Weigelt, M. Jiménez-Muñoz, C. Meyer

(2021): bRacatus: A method to estimate the accuracy and biogeographical status of georeferenced biological data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

R. Pouteau, I. Biurrun, C. Brunel, M. Chytrý, W. Dawson, F. Essl, T. Fristoe, R. Haveman, C. Hobohm, F. Jansen, H. Kreft, J. Lenoir, B. Lenzner, C. Meyer, J. E. Moeslund, J. Pergl, P. Pyšek, J.-C. Svenning, W. Thuiller, P. Weigelt, T.

(2021): Potential alien ranges of European plants will shrink in the future, but less so for already naturalized than for not yet naturalized species. Diversity and Distributions

R. Pouteau, W. Thuiller, C. Hobohm, C. Brunel, B. J. Conn, W. Dawson, M. de Sá Dechoum, A. L. Ebel, F. Essl, O. Fragman-Sapir, T. Fristoe, N. Jogan, H. Kreft, B. Lenzner, C. Meyer, J. Pergl, P. Pyšek, A. Verkhozina, P. Weigelt, Q. Yang, E. Zykova, S. Aćić, E. Agrillo, F. Attorre, A. Bergamini, C. Berg, E. Bergmeier, I. Biurrun, S. Boch, G. Bonari, Z. Botta-Dukát, H. Bruelheide, J. A. Campos, A. Čarni, L. Casella, M. L. Carranza, M. Chytrý, R. Ćušterevska, M. De Sanctis, J. Dengler, P. Dimopoulos, R. Ejrnæs, J. Ewald, G. Fanelli, F. Fernández-González, R. G. Gavilán, J.-C. Gegout, R. Haveman, M. Isermann, U. Jandt, F. Jansen, B. Jiménez-Alfaro, A. Kavgacı, L. Khanina, I. Knollová, A. Kuzemko, M. Lebedeva, J. Lenoir, T. Lysenko, C. Marcenò, V. Martynenko, J. E. Moeslund, R. Pätsch, R. Pielech, V. Rašomavičius, I. de Ronde, E. Ruprecht, S. Rūsiņa, P. Shirokikh, J. Šibík, U. Šilc, A. Stanisci, Z. Stančić, J.-C. Svenning, G. Swacha, P. Dan Turtureanu, M. Valachovič, K. Vassilev, S. Yamalov, M. van Kleunen

(2021): Climate and socio-economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Craven, D., M. T. van der Sande, C. Meyer, K. Gerstner, J. M. Bennett, D. P. Giling, J. Hines, H. R. P. Phillips, F. May, K. H. Bannar-Martin, J. M. Chase, P. Keil

(2020): A cross-scale assessment of productivity-diversity relationships. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Ehrmann, S., R. Seppelt, C. Meyer

(2020): Harmonise and integrate heterogeneous areal data with the R package arealDB. Environmental Modelling & Software

Leclère, D., M. Obersteiner, M. Barrett, S. H. M. Butchart, A. Chaudhary, A. De Palma, F. A. J. DeClerck, M. Di Marco, J. C. Doelman, M. Dürauer, R. Freeman, M. Harfoot, T. Hasegawa, S. Hellweg, J. P. Hilbers, S. L. L. Hill, F. Humpenöder, N. Jennings, T. Krisztin, G. M. Mace, H. Ohashi, A. Popp, A. Purvis, A. M. Schipper, A. Tabeau, H. Valin, H. van Meijl, W.-J. van Zeist, P. Visconti, R. Alkemade, R. Almond, G. Bunting, N. D. Burgess, S. E. Cornell, F. Di Fulvio, S. Ferrier, S. Fritz, S. Fujimori, M. Grooten, T. Harwood, P. Havlík, M. Herrero, A. J. Hoskins, M. Jung, T. Kram, H. Lotze-Campen, T. Matsui, C. Meyer, D. Nel, T. Newbold, G. Schmidt-Traub, E. Stehfest, B. B. N. Strassburg, D. P. van Vuuren, C. Ware, J. E. M. Watson, W. Wu, L. Young

(2020): Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Nature

Jetz, W., McGeoch, M. A., Guralnick, R., Ferrier, S., Beck, J., Costello, M. J., Fernandez, M., Geller, G. N., Keil, P., Merow, C., Meyer, C., Muller-Karger, F. E., Pereira, H. M., et al.

(2019): Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Egli, L., Meyer, C., Scherber, C., Kreft, H., Tscharntke, T.

(2018): Winners and losers of national and global efforts to reconcile agricultural intensification and biodiversity conservation. Global Change Biology

Heck, V., Hoff, H., Wirsenius, S., Meyer, C., Kreft, H.

(2018): Land use options for staying within the Planetary Boundaries – Synergies and trade-offs between global and local sustainability goals. Global Environmental Change

Keil, P., MacDonald, A. A. M., Ramirez, K. S., Bennett, J. M., García-Peña, G. E., Yguel, B., Bourgeois, B., Meyer, C.

(2018): Macroecological and macroevolutionary patterns emerge in the universe of GNU/Linux operating systems. Ecography

Leclère, D., Obersteiner, M., Alkemade, R., Almond, R., Barrett, M., Bunting, G., Burgess, N., H. M. Butchart, S., Chaudhary, A., Cornell, S., De Palma, A., A. J. DeClerck, F., Di Fulvio, F., Di Marco, M., Doelman, J., Dürauer, M., Ferrier, S., Freeman, R., Fritz, S., Fujimori, S., Grooten, M., Harfoot, M., Harwood, T., Hasegawa, T., Havlik, P., Hellweg, S., Herrero, M., Hilbers, J., Hill, S., Hoskins, A., Humpenöder, F., Kram, T., Krisztin, T., Lotze-Campen, H., Mace, G., Matsui, T., Meyer, C., et al.

(2018): Towards pathways bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity trends within the 21st century. IIASA

Newbold, T., Hudson, L. N., Contu, S., Hill, S. L. L., Beck, J., Liu, Y. H., Meyer, C., Phillips, H. R. P., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Purvis, A.

(2018): Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide. Plos Biology

Dawson, W., Moser, D., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Lenzner, B., Blackburn, T. M., Dyer, E. E., Cassey, P., Scrivens, S. L., Economo, E. P., Guénard, B., Capinha, C., Seebens, H., García-Díaz, P., Nentwig, W., García-Berthou, E., Casal, C., Mandrak, N. E., Fuller, P., Meyer, C., Essl, F.

(2017): Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Delzeit, R., Zabel, F., Meyer, C., Václavík, T.

(2017): Addressing future trade-offs between biodiversity and cropland expansion to improve food security. Regional Environmental Change

Kehoe, L., Senf, C., Meyer, C., Gerstner, K., Kreft, H., Kuemmerle, T.

(2017): Agriculture rivals biomes in predicting global species richness. Ecography

Rosa, I. M. D., Pereira, H. M., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Acosta, L. A., Akcakaya, H. R., den Belder, E., Fazel, A. M., Fujimori, S., Harfoot, M., Harhash, K. A., Harrison, P. A., Hauck, J., Hendriks, R. J. J., Hernandez, G., Jetz, W., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I., Kim, H., King, N., Kok, M. T. J., Kolomytsev, G. O., Lazarova, T., Leadley, P., Lundquist, C. J., Marquez, J. G., Meyer, C., Navarro, L. M., Nesshöver, C., Ngo, H. T., Ninan, K. N., Palomo, M. G., Pereira, L. M., Peterson, G. D., Pichs, R., Popp, A., Purvis, A., Ravera, F., Rondinini, C., Sathyapalan, J., Schipper, A. M., Seppelt, R., Settele, J., Sitas, N., van Vuuren, D.

(2017): Multiscale scenarios for nature futures. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Meyer, C., Jetz, W., Guralnick, R. P., Fritz, S. A., Kreft, H.

(2016): Range geometry and socio-economics dominate species-level biases in occurrence information. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Meyer, C., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H.

(2016): Multidimensional biases, gaps and uncertainties in global plant occurrence information. Ecology Letters
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