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Mukunda Dev Behera publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mukunda Dev Behera sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 165 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Mukunda Dev Behera D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mukunda Dev Behera sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mukunda Dev Behera is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in India. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a specialization reflected in numerous publications. Their research extends into subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Landslides and Related Hazards, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Frequent coauthors in Mukunda Dev Behera's research include:

  • Pulakesh Das
  • Saroj Kanta Barik
  • P. S. Roy
  • Somnath Paramanik
  • Soumit K. Behera

The primary publication venues where they have contributed significantly are:

  • Tropical Ecology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Mukunda Dev Behera include:

  • Species-Level Classification and Mapping of a Mangrove Forest Using Random Forest-Utilisation of AVIRIS-NG and Sentinel Data (2021, Remote Sensing)
  • Anthropogenic Land Use and Land Cover Changes-A Review on Its Environmental Consequences and Climate Change (2022, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing)
  • Canopy Height Estimation Using Sentinel Series Images through Machine Learning Models in a Mangrove Forest (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Automated Mapping for Long-Term Analysis of Shifting Cultivation in Northeast India (2021, Remote Sensing)
  • Winter wheat yield prediction in the conterminous United States using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data and XGBoost and random forest algorithm (2023, Ecological Informatics)

Best Publications

  • Development of Decadal (1985–1995–2005) Land Use and Land Cover Database for India

    Parth S. Roy;Arijit Roy;Pawan K. Joshi;Manish P. Kale

  • Anthropogenic Land Use and Land Cover Changes—A Review on Its Environmental Consequences and Climate Change

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  • New vegetation type map of India prepared using satellite remote sensing: Comparison with global vegetation maps and utilities

    P.S. Roy;M.D. Behera;M.S.R. Murthy;Arijit Roy

  • Modelling and analyzing the watershed dynamics using Cellular Automata (CA)–Markov model – A geo-information based approach

    Mukunda D Behera;Santosh N Borate;Sudhindra N Panda;Priti R Behera

  • Aboveground biomass estimation using multi-sensor data synergy and machine learning algorithms in a dense tropical forest

    Sujit Madhab Ghosh;Mukunda Dev Behera

  • IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL ECOTOURISM SITES IN WEST DISTRICT, SIKKIM USING GEOSPATIAL TOOLS

    S Kumari;Behera;H R Tewari

  • Satellite Remote Sensing: Sensors, Applications and Techniques

    P. S. Roy;M. D. Behera;S. K. Srivastav

  • Aboveground biomass and carbon stock assessment in Indian tropical deciduous forest and relationship with stand structural attributes

    Soumit K. Behera;Soumit K. Behera;Nayan Sahu;Ashish K. Mishra;Surendra S. Bargali

  • Development of ecotourism sustainability assessment framework employing Delphi, C&I and participatory methods: A case study of KBR, West Sikkim, India

    Smriti Ashok;H.R. Tewari;M.D. Behera;Arijit Majumdar

  • An analysis of altitudinal behavior of tree species in Subansiri district, Eastern Himalaya

    Mukunda Dev Behera;Satya Prakash Singh Kushwaha

  • Rapid assessment of biological richness in a part of Eastern Himalaya: an integrated three-tier approach

    M.D. Behera;S.P.S. Kushwaha;P.S. Roy

  • Automated Mapping for Long-Term Analysis of Shifting Cultivation in Northeast India

    Pulakesh Das;Sujoy Mudi;Mukunda Dev Behera;Saroj K. Barik

  • High plant endemism in an Indian hotspot - eastern Himalaya

    M.D. Behera;S.P.S. Kushwaha;P.S. Roy

  • Plant richness pattern in an elevation gradient in the Eastern Himalaya

    Narpati Sharma;Mukunda Dev Behera;Abhaya Prasad Das;Rajendra Mohan Panda

  • Assessing distributions of two invasive species of contrasting habits in future climate.

    Rajendra Mohan Panda;Mukunda Dev Behera;Partha Sarathi Roy

  • Remote sensing based deforestation analysis in Mahanadi and Brahmaputra river basin in India since 1985.

    M.D. Behera;P. Tripathi;P. Das;S.K. Srivastava

  • A novel approach for estimation of aboveground biomass of a carbon-rich mangrove site in India.

    S.M. Ghosh;M.D. Behera;B. Jagadish;A.K. Das

  • Species-Level Classification and Mapping of a Mangrove Forest Using Random Forest—Utilisation of AVIRIS-NG and Sentinel Data

    Mukunda Dev Behera;Surbhi Barnwal;Somnath Paramanik;Pulakesh Das

  • Assessment of biological richness in different altitudinal zones in the Eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh, India

    Parth Sarathi Roy;Mukunda Dev Behera

  • Aboveground biomass estimates of tropical mangrove forest using Sentinel-1 SAR coherence data - The superiority of deep learning over a semi-empirical model

    Sujit Madhab Ghosh;Mukunda Dev Behera

  • Evaluating Ecological Niche Models: A Comparison Between Maxent and GARP for Predicting Distribution of Hevea brasiliensis in India

    Debabrata Ray;Mukunda Dev Behera;James Jacob

  • Above-ground biomass and carbon estimates of Shorea robusta and Tectona grandis forests using QuadPOL ALOS PALSAR data

    M.D. Behera;P. Tripathi;B. Mishra;Shashi Kumar

  • Predicting the distribution of rubber trees ( Hevea brasiliensis) through ecological niche modelling with climate, soil, topography and socioeconomic factors

    Debabrata Ray;Mukunda Dev Behera;James Jacob

Frequent Co-Authors

P. S. Roy
P. S. Roy International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Rakesh Tuli
Rakesh Tuli Panjab University
Chandrashekhar Biradar
Chandrashekhar Biradar International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Egypt
J. S. Singh
J. S. Singh Banaras Hindu University
Pawan Kumar Joshi
Pawan Kumar Joshi Jawaharlal Nehru University
Peter M. Atkinson
Peter M. Atkinson Lancaster University
Shakil Ahmad Romshoo
Shakil Ahmad Romshoo Islamic University of Science and Technology
Andrew K. Skidmore
Andrew K. Skidmore University of Twente
Priya Davidar
Priya Davidar Pondicherry University
Prashant K. Srivastava
Prashant K. Srivastava Banaras Hindu University

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