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Daniel DeArmond's research investigates the long-term impacts of logging practices on forest ecosystems, with a particular focus on soil properties and vegetation recovery. His work includes systematic reviews of logging impacts in the Amazon biome, examining how skid trails and log landings are affected by disturbance and subsequent natural recovery processes. DeArmond has published studies on the persistence of soil compaction and its influence on topsoil recovery, finding that surface soil recovery can occur within approximately 25 years after logging in the Brazilian Amazon. He also studies how the removal of woody debris from logging gaps affects soil properties in the short term and how logging intensity influences the growth and lifespan of pioneer plant species in Central Amazonia. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 9, with 19 total publications and 256 total citations.

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• h-index: 9
• Publications: 19
• Citations: 263