Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 4-8

Land Use -- Queensland, North -- Wet Tropics Beef cattle grazing on Molasses Grass (Melinis minutiflorus) in dry season Upper Catchment, Johnstone River, Atherton to Ravenshoe Road, Queensland December 1962 Larger image (132K)

Note the stress terraces which develop on steep slopes on these landscapes. The exposure of bare soils exacerbated by grazing leads to high rates of erosion and landslips.
For references, see notes to Images 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-9, 3-10, 3-14.
See also M.J. Canny (1981) "Boundary Theory" in Ecological Gradients and Boundaries. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia Vol. II, p.5.

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