Rainforest cleared and burnt for beef cattle grazing. Evelyn Tableland between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland, ca. 1962.

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Land Use -- Queensland, North -- Wet Tropics
Rainforest cleared and burnt for beef cattle grazing

Evelyn Tableland between Atherton and Ravenshoe, Queensland

ca. 1962

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Steep slopes liable to soil slumping and weed invasion, particularly Lantana camara.
Complex notophyll vine forest on basaltic red loams on wet uplands, ca. 1000 metres.
References:
Webb, L.J. (1966) "Rape of the Forests." In: The Great Extermination: A Guide to Anglo-Australian Cupidity, Wickedness and Waste. Chapter 8. Ed. A.J. Marshall, pp. 156-205.
Webb, L.J. (1957) "Catchment deterioration - a combined agricultural and forestry problem". Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science 23: 251-252.
Webb, L.J., Tracey, J.G., Williams, W.T., and Lance, G.N. (1971) "Prediction of agricultural potential from intact forest vegetation." Journal of Applied Ecology 8: 99-121.

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