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Improving the browse supply for deer with aerial applications of 2,4-D

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Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Minnesota Forestry Note

Issue

95

Publication Date

1960

Abstract

The application of growth hormone herbicides for control of weeds, brush, and other plants is common practice. The possibility that these chemicals might prove useful tools in improving habitat for such wildlife species as the northern white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus borealis Miller) has only recently been suggested. Although public and private forest land management agencies have been actively engaged in the application of herbicides to millions of acres, the results of such application on the browse available to deer has been given little attention.

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