Effects on Wildlife of Herbicide-induced Habitat Change, Tahoe National Forest, CA

MASTERS THESIS: The present study was designed to compare vegetation and animal populations on a plot sprayed with herbicides (Phenoxy herbicide 2,4, 5-T)six years previously with a similar unsprayed plot. Populations of birds, small mammals and deer were censused. This pilot study, involving only two plots without replications, was intended only to ascertain whether differences exist in animal populations that might relate to herbicide-induced changes in vegetation.