Len Webb Ecological Images Collection

Image No. 5-2

Landscapes -- Vegetation Patterns Resulting from Disturbance Typical tropical wet lowland rainforest pattern correlated with lower fertility soils and natural disturbance factors Near Cairns, Queensland 1956 Larger image (123K)

Cyclone-damaged and broken-canopied lowland rainforest on exposed spurs and ridges, also subject to fire intrusions on lower slopes. On lower fertility soils from schists and acid granites, Acacia spp. (with pale crowns) regenerate in gaps and become dominant in the canopy.
Reference:
Webb, L.J. (1958) "Cyclones as an ecological factor in tropical lowland rain forest". Australian Journal of Botany, 6: 220-228.

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