Interactive effects of nutrient heterogeneity and competition: implications for root foraging theory?

By L. Mommer, J. van Ruijven, C. Jansen, H. M. Steeg, H. de Kroon. 2012

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Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity (2012, background): “…of different roots on a single plant are well coordinated (de Kroon et al. 2005, 2009), plants may avoid locations of intense competition by shifting their root growth to relatively unexplored soil volumes (Gersani, Abramsky & Falik 1998; Semchenko, John & Hutchings 2007; Mommer et al. 2011b).”
Linking root traits and competitive success in grassland species (2016, unknown): “Herbaceous species often show a stronger SRP response to nutrient patches than grasses (Farley and Fitter 1999; Kembel et al. 2008; Mommer et al. 2012), but interspecific variation within groups is high (Roumet et al. 2006).”
Understanding movements of organisms: it's time to abandon the Lévy foraging hypothesis (2015, background): “Bacteria, for example, propel themselves by rotating flagellar filaments (Berg 2000); animals exhibit an obvious variety of means of locomotion; plants effectively move by growing in one direction or another (Mommer et al. 2012).”