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Image No. 10-29

Landscapes -- Low Scrub and Heath Plains -- Cape York Peninsula

Spectacular termite mound (cf. "stupa")

Capelands ("Heathlands"), Queensland

July 1975

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Termites of great diversity (including subterranean types) have an essential ecological role in nutrient circulation through litter breakdown. This in turn determines high fauna diversity, e.g. reptiles.
Tropical wet-dry, low fertility soils, often burnt.

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