Round 2: Tossup 12

Joy Belsky began feuding with S. J. McNaughton over this stress’s influence on morphology after the latter outlined his overcompensation theory. According to the apparency hypothesis, organisms avoid this stress by allocating towards spatial and temporal refuges. One taxon senses this stress by recognizing inceptins (“in-SEP-tinz”) and frasses as patterns called HAMPs (“hamps”). An artificial form of this stress can be induced via hole punching and (*) clipping. This is the most common stress to trigger a plant to release jasmonates during a wound response, (10[1])which induces plants to deposit silica in their tissues and intensify cell wall (10[1])lignification. Some plants deter this stress by growing trichomes (“TRY-kohmz”) that secrete astringent tannins. For 10 points, (10[1])name this way that browsers and grazers (10[1])interact with plants. ■END■

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