Pamela Rueda-Cediel | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Pamela Rueda-Cediel

Data Scientist at the Zenil-Ferguson and Ferguson Labs

I am a quantitative ecologist with experience in multivariate statistics and the development of demographic population models applied to conservation biology. In particular, I am interested in the evaluation of population viability analysis performance, complex population dynamics and the search of extinction risk correlates using large databases.

Contact Information

pru235@uky.edu

322 Chemistry-Physics Building

8593969339

Education

B.Sc. in Biology Universidad Industrial de Santander 2007
Ph.D in Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology. University of California at Riverside 2015

Research Interests

Invasive species management
Conservation biology
Extinction risk correlates
Polyploidy and population dynamics

Affiliations

Biology

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

In preparation:

Rueda-Cediel. P. Avila-Lovera E, Acosta-Rangel. Lack of seed dormancy is linked to conservation concern status of woody plants.

Rueda-Cediel. P. Ramírez. I, Koop. J, Causton. C, Knutie. S, Boaz. Y, Jurkevith, Ferguson J.M, E, Heimpel. G. Population dynamics of the Avian Vampire Fly in the Galapagos Islands, a matrix modeling approach and applications to biological control.

Submitted:

Rueda-Cediel. P. Lampert, A. Optimizing pest control: proactive versus threshold-triggered treatment. ConservationLetters

Accepted:

Rueda-Cediel. P, Brain. R, Galic. N, Pinto-Ledezma. J.N, Rico. A, Forbes. V. 2022. Using life-history trait variation to inform ecological risk assessment for threatened and endangered plant species. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4615

Raimondo. S, Schmolke. A, Pollesch. N, Accolla. C, Galic. N, Moore. A, Vaugeois. M, Rueda-Cediel. P, Kanarek. A, Awkerman. J, Forbes. V. 2020. Pop-GUIDE: Population modeling Guidance, Use, Interpretation, and Development for Ecological Risk Assessment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4377

Accolla. C, Vaugeois. M, Grimm. V, Moore. A, Rueda-Cediel. P, Forbes. V.E. 2020. A review of key features and their implementation in unstructured, structured, and agent-based population models for ecological risk assessment.

Accolla. C, Vaugeois. M, Rueda-Cediel. P, Moore. A, Marques. G, Forbes. V. 2020. DEB-tox and Data Gaps: Consequences for individual-level outputs. Ecological Modelling.

Awkerman. J. A, Raimondo. S, Schmolke. A, Galic. N, Rueda-Cediel. P, Kapo. K, Accolla. C, Vaugeois. M, Forbes. V. 2019. Guidance for developing amphibian population models for ecological risk assessment. Integrated environmental assessment and management. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4215

Rueda-Cediel. P, Brain. R, Galic. N, Forbes. V. 2019. Comparative analysis of plants demographic traits across species of different conservation concern: Implications for pesticide risk assessment. Environmental toxicology and chemistry. doi.org/10.1002/etc.4472

Rueda-Cediel. P, Anderson. K, Regan. T, Regan. H. 2018. Effects of uncertainty and variability on population declines and IUCN Red List classifications. Conservation Biology 32(4):916-925. doi:10.1111/cobi.13081

Schmolke. A, Kapo. K, Rueda-Cediel. P, Thorbek. P, Brain. R. 2017. Developing population models: a systematic approach for pesticide risk assessment using herbaceous plants as an example. Science of the Total Environment 1929-1938.

Rueda-Cediel. P, Anderson.K, Regan. H, Regan. T, Franklin. J. 2015. Combined influences of model choice, data quality, and data quantity when estimating population trends. PloS ONE 10(7):e0132255. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132255

Rueda-Cediel. P, Ramirez-Pinilla. M.P, Kattan. G. 2008. Ovarian and oviductal morphology of a brood parasitic bird, Molothrus bonariensis (Passeriformes, Icterinae). Acta Zoologica, 89: 261-276