The latest hypothesis regarding the source of enhanced neural activation from resistance training is the reticulospinal rather than the corticospinal tract, based on invasive animal and emerging human data. The present study employed a six-week isometric resistance training intervention in a randomized controlled design to address this knowledge gap. Thirty-nine healthy, untrained males (age ~23 y, sustained contraction group...

The species identification of whales, dolphins and porpoises at sea remains challenging, particularly for cryptic species like beaked whales (Family: Ziphiidae). Here we use environmental (e)DNA for identification of Sato’s beaked whale, Berardius minimus , at sea. This species was first described in 2019 and, to date, all but one genetic sample has been collected from beachcast carcasses. Sato’s beaked whales are difficult to...

This study evaluates epidote chemistry as a discriminator of and vector to skarn mineralization, based on LA-ICP-MS analyses of epidote from the Devonian Dolphin Tungsten (W) skarn and Neoproterozoic mafic volcanic rocks (up to 6.5 km northeast from the deposit) on King Island, Tasmania. Epidote from the mafic volcanics has distinctive compositions relative to skarn epidote and metamorphic signatures and records a distal footp...

Managed forests, including plantation systems, play a vital and often underappreciated role in contributing to the global carbon sink and mitigating climate change, and determining the most effective mitigation strategies requires accounting methods that accurately assess the climate effects of forests. We use a dynamic life cycle assessment methodology to compare the climate effects of thirty-six forest management scenarios (...

Accelerating the development of more heterogeneous forest structures is an important goal of many contemporary forest management regimes. However, long-term silvicultural experiments that compare different approaches to generating structural complexity are rare. We took advantage of a replicated silvicultural experiment that was established in mountain ash ( Eucalyptus regnans ) forests in southeastern Australia in the late 19...

American mink were functionally eradicated from 5853 km 2 of eastern England within three years of the initiation of a comprehensive, strategically managed trap network operated by volunteers under professional supervision. The mink population had previously been much reduced by less intensive trapping over many years, but would have persisted if a more coordinated operation, including the introduction of a trapped cordon sani...

Forests are vital for regulating climate and sustaining biodiversity, but climate change threatens their ability to do so, especially in the tropics. Our knowledge of how tropical forests and their constituent trees will respond to changes in climate is largely based on functional trait studies; however, few previous studies have investigated trait changes within individual tropical trees across decades, limiting our ability t...

Most of the global mesopelagic zone lies beyond the jurisdiction of any single government or entity, making equitable access and sustainable management for ecosystem services (ES) difficult. Here, a foresighting approach was used to examine the plausible consequences of four speculative scenarios of human activity on the mesopelagic zone and its associated ES. Large‐scale Harvest represented the provisioning ES, with concerns...

Bottom‐tow gear fisheries (trawls and dredges) produce ~24 million mt of harvest annually, representing a globally important animal‐sourced food system. While many are currently sustainably managed, growing concern over the potential for ecosystem impacts from bottom‐tow gears has increased pressure to improve these fisheries. We assembled an international working group of > 30 contributors, including fishing industry particip...

Human-camelid interactions and pastoral practices have shaped social, political, and economic lifeways throughout the history of the Central Andes. However, how camelids were managed in the central highlands during the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE), and how those strategies reflect negotiations between Andean vertical ecologies, local communities, and the expanding Wari sphere, remain unclear. This study employed a life history...

As reef-building coral cover has declined worldwide, coral restoration has become a widespread response towards repopulating degraded reefs. In-situ nurseries have provided refugia for the regrowth of several coral species, yet long-term success following outplanting remains highly variable, particularly when corals are introduced into novel or marginal environments. Additionally, while growth and survivorship are commonly use...