Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 3-29

Land Use -- Queensland, North -- Wet Tropics Melomys littoralis - rat pest of sugar cane Near Gordonvale, south of Cairns, Queensland May 1970 Larger image (108K)

These rats breed every 32-36 days. Rat populations increase, as does damage to sugar cane crops when rainforest is cleared. See also notes to Image 3-23.
Coastal plain tropical humid lowlands - sugar cane.

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