Report summary

For University of California, Los Angeles Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2024-2026, the graph shows 28 visible PIs and 5 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Environmental Science as the leading field (27% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), Ecology as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Animal Behavior and Reproduction as the leading topic (8% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That looks relatively sparse, so claims about department-wide cohesion should be made carefully. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Daniel T. Blumstein (11.9 weighted works; Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Marine animal studies overview). The clearest collaboration lines are Elsa M. Ordway and Thomas B. Smith (3 shared works, weight 1.6); Victoria L. Sork and Lily D. Peck (2 shared works, weight 1.6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 2.2, around Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, led by Elsa M. Ordway, Thomas B. Smith, Alexander N. G. Kirschel.