![]() ![]() Increasing nutrient availability: This happens in two ways: by incorporating organic materials into the soil and by unlocking the nutrients held within dead organisms and plant matter.Most people know about earthworms and compost, but earthworms do the same in pasture soils, decomposing dung and plant litter and processing 2–20 tonnes of organic matter per hectare each year, and recycling leaf litter under orchards and in other forested areas. Recycling organic material: Earthworms, along with bacteria and fungi, decompose organic material.Earthworms influence (and benefit) the soil ecosystem in a number of ways:
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