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. 2013 Jan 4;8(1):e52107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052107

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Each field site consisted of three 10-ha treatment plots of various disturbance intensity (created via partial timber harvest) and one 20-ha control plot (undisturbed). Ten ha of undisturbed forest outside the borders of each treatment plot (buffers) allowed for examination of edge effects of the disturbances.