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The biodiversity dose-response curve translates theory and practice from ecological restoration into research and clinical priorities for fecal microbiota transplantation by Orr, Matthew R.

“…Discoveries of the beneficial effects of gut microbiota have led to efforts to cultivate healthy gut flora to treat disease. The field of ecological…”
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Phenological Variation in Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata): Implications for Seed Sourcing, Harvest, and Restoration by Prive, Kathryn, Orr, Matthew R., Kilkenny, Francis F., Reuter, Ronald J., Prendeville, Holly R.

“…To reduce maladaptation in cultivated seed lots, seed transfer zones (STZs) have been developed for grasslands and other habitats using morphological traits…”
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An alternative scoring method for skin conductance responding in a differential fear conditioning paradigm with a long-duration conditioned stimulus by Pineles, Suzanne L., Orr, Matthew R., Orr, Scott P.

“…Researchers examining skin conductance (SC) as a measure of aversive conditioning commonly separate the SC response into two components when the CS‐UCS…”
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Multiyear trajectories of stream and riparian responses to beaver dam analogs on a low‐gradient channel lacking woody riparian vegetation by Orr, Matthew R., Weber, Nicholas P., Reuter, Ron J., Herzog, Skuyler P., Broughton, Heather M., Bango, Samantha

“…Beaver‐based restoration techniques seek to assist with the recovery of stream systems that have been damaged, degraded, or destroyed. In addition to…”
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Eagle Visitation Rates to Carrion in a Winter Scavenging Guild by WATSON, JAMES W., VEKASY, MARK S., NELSON, JON D., ORR, MATTHEW R.

“…Understanding the behavioral ecology of species of conservation concern can help to inform better management. During winters 2011 through 2017, we placed…”
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GUT MICROBIOTA AND HUMAN HEALTH: INSIGHTS FROM ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION by Orr, Matthew R., Kocurek, Kathryn M., Young, Deborah L.

“…Dysbiosis of the gut facilitates chronic diseases such as cancer, obesity, and autoimmune disorders. Successful treatment may require restoration of functions…”
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Widespread Chemical Detoxification of Alkaloid Venom by Formicine Ants by LeBrun, Edward G, Diebold, Peter J, Orr, Matthew R, Gilbert, Lawrence E

“…The ability to detoxify defensive compounds of competitors provides key ecological advantages that can influence community-level processes. Although common in…”
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Ecology and speciation by Orr, Matthew R., Smith, Thomas B.

“…Recent studies on diverse taxa suggest that natural selection caused by shifts in ecology or invasions of novel habitats plays an important role in adaptive…”
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A restoration ecology perspective on the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease by Orr, Matthew R, Kocurek, Kathryn M, Bakos, Yong J, McDowell, Ryder C

“…The human gut can be considered an ecosystem comprised of a community of microbes and nonliving components such as food metabolites and food additives. Chronic…”
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Geographic variation in resource dominance discovery in Brazilian ant communities by Feener, Donald H. Jr, Orr, Mathew R, Wackford, Kirt M, Longo, Jose M, Benson, Woodruff W, Gilbert, Lawrence E

“…A predictive framework for the ecology of species invasions requires that we learn what limits successful invaders in their native range. The red imported fire…”
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Peer-Reviewed Embedded Pedagogy: A New Approach to Promote and Improve Active Learning in Science Education by Orr, Matthew R., Kirkegaard, Amanda

“…Active learning increases student performance in STEM disciplines. Open educational resources (OERs) offered by the Ecological Society of America and other…”
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Heterospecific information supports a foraging mutualism between corvids and raptors by Orr, Matthew R., Nelson, Jon D., Watson, James W.

“…Although animal social information is most commonly utilized by conspecifics, some conditions may favour heterospecific transmission. Generalists living in…”
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Interactions between ant species increase arrival rates of an ant parasitoid by Orr, Matthew R, De Camargo, Rafael Xavier, Benson, Woodruff W

“…Behaviours or traits associated with aggression and communication may increase an animal's conspicuousness to predators or parasitoids. Most examples of this…”
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Ecological interactions among ants in the genus Linepithema, their phorid parasitoids, and ant competitors by Orr, Matthew R., Dahlsten1, Donald L., Benson, Woodruff W.

“… 1. Many ant species abandon foraging and retreat underground when parasitoids in the dipteran family Phoridae are present. Although the influence of phorids…”
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Parasitoids deter foraging by Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in their native habitat in Brazil by Orr, M.R, Seike, S.H

“…The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, has invaded sites across Africa, Australia, Europe, and North America. In its introduced ranges it eliminates native…”
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Life-history adaptation and reproductive isolation in a grasshopper hybrid zone by Orr, M.R. (University of California, Davis, CA.)

“…Patterns of life-history adaptation and reproductive isolation were investigated in the acridid grasshoppers Melanoplus sanguinipes and M. devastator, which…”
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Host manipulation by Wolbachia is a neutral trait within single populations by ORR, M. R

“…Orr discusses L. Stevens' (1993) test of the theory that Wolbachia pipientis should manipulate host mating in such a way that causes uninfected females to be…”
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Molecular and morphological evidence for hybridization between two ecologically distinct grasshoppers ( and ) in California by ORR, M. R, PORTER, A. H, MOUSSEAU, T. A, DINGLE, H

“…This paper applies the biological species concept to two ecologically distinct species of grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes and M. devastator, by testing for…”
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Lunar occultation imaging in nuclear astrophysics: A new paradigm for future investigations by Orr, Matthew R

“…Nuclear astrophysics (∼10-10000 keV) is one of the last electromagnetic regimes without a sensitive all-sky survey, and therefore there is tremendous potential…”
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Life-History Adaptation and Reproductive Isolation in a Grasshopper Hybrid Zone by Orr, Matthew R.

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