Global change-driven forest succession may modify key soil processes with potentially important impacts over carbon (C) and nutrient cycling.
This demonstrates the ability of microorganisms to modify soil structure, and may help reveal the scope by which the microbial-rich rhizosphere can locally influence water and nutrient delivery to plant roots.
Soil erosion can modify soil properties by reducing soil depth, changing soil texture, and by the loss of nutrients and organic matter (Lobe et al. 2001).
Earthworms modify soil conditions, creating positive soil feedback loops favoring their own growth.
In the process of biological invasion, invasive alien plants may alter both the structure and function of ecosystems owing to their high degree of adaptability, morphological plasticity, competitive ability and potential to modify soil properties [ 10, 13, 32, 33].
Soil properties can modify the influence of fungi on plants and management practices that modify soil properties could be used to maximize the beneficial effects of inoculants.
Land use changes may modify ecohydrological processes in soil, altering groundwater quantity and quality in arid and semi-arid regions.
Elevated CO2 concentration alterations of plant growth and C N ratios may modify C and N cycling in soil and N fertility.
Application of municipal sewage sludge (MSS) may modify the influence of earthworm activity on soil microbial and biochemical properties through an increase of substrate availability.
Although film mulching does not directly affect fibre quality, it may modify fibre by an influence of plant growth and development by increasing soil temperature.
