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完整word版英文回复信范例ResponseLetterword文档良心出品@#@DearEditorsandReviewers,@#@Thankyouforyourletterandcommentsonourmanuscripttitled“Temporalvariabilityinsoilmoistureafterthinninginsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinnorthwesternChina”(FORECO_2017_459).Thesecommentshelpedusimproveourmanuscript,andprovidedimportantguidanceforfutureresearch.@#@Wehaveaddressedtheeditor’sandthereviewers’commentstothebestofourabilities,andrevisedtexttomeettheForestEcologyandManagementstylerequirements.Wehopethismeetsyourrequirementsforapublication.@#@Wemarkedtherevisedportionsinredandhighlightedthemyellowinthemanuscript.Themaincommentsandourspecificresponsesaredetailedbelow:
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@#@@#@PleaseexplainhowtheresultsinthispaperaresignificantlydifferentfromthoseinZhu,X.,He,Z.B.,Du,J.,Yang,J.J.,Chen,L.F.,2015.EffectsofthinningonthesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantationinQilianMountains.ForestResearch.28,55–60.)@#@Response:
@#@Weapologizeforourearlierlackofclarityaboutthedifferencesbetweenourstudyandthosein“Zhu,X.,He,Z.B.,Du,J.,Yang,J.J.,Chen,L.F.,2015.EffectsofthinningonthesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantationinQilianMountains.ForestResearch.28,55–60”(named“previousarticle”below).Specifically,wefoundthreemaindifferencesinthetemporalvariabilityandhydrologicalresponsesofsoilmoisturebetweenourstudyandthe“previousarticle”.@#@First,thescopeofdataanalysisanduseweredifferent:
@#@The“previousarticle”justappliedtheonegrowingseasondata(fromJune28thtoOctober25th2013)fromthenaturalforestandtheplantationswithnothinningandthinnedin20%intensity.Inaddition,the“previousarticle”alsohasnotconsideredtheeffectof40%thinningonthesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantation.However,inthepresentstudy,weappliedfouryearsdata(fromJune27th2012toOctober30th2015inHDandNF;@#@fromJanuary1th2014toOctober29th2015inMDandLD)fromthenaturalforestandtheplantationswithnothinning,thinnedin20%,andthinnedin40%intensitytoanalysisthetemporalvariabilityandhydrologicalresponsesofsoilmoistureinsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinnorthwesternChina.@#@Second,thecontentoftheresearchwasdifferent:
@#@The“previousarticle”onlyconsideredthespatialandtemporaldynamicchangesofsoilmoisture,butdidnotinvolvetheinter-annual,andseasonaldynamicchangesofthesoilmoisture.Inthepresentstudy,however,notonlydidweconsideredtheeffectsofthinningonthespatialandtemporaldynamicchanges,theinter-annualchanges,andseasonaldynamicchangesofthesoilmoisture;@#@butwealsoconsideredthechangesinsoilhydrologicalresponseafterthinning.Ourgoalsweretounderstandthechangesinsoilhydrologicalresponseandsoilmoisturedynamics,andtodeterminewhetherthinningmanagementcaneffectivelyimprovethestateofsoilmoistureinthesubalpinePiceacrassifoliaplantationsintheQilianMountains.@#@Third,theresearchpurposeandtheresultwerealsodifferent:
@#@Themainlypurposeofthe“previousarticle”wastopreliminaryexplorethethinningontheplantationforestsoilmoisture,andtheyfoundthattheintermediatethinningcansignificantlyincreasesoilmoisturecontentatthedepthof60cm.However,theydidn’tpointoutthatwhichorwhatthethinningintensityorplantationdensitycanbebenefittosustainabilityofplantedforestsinthesewater-limitedregions.Inthisstudy,notonlywedidconfirmedthattheintermediatethinningcansignificantlyincreasesoilmoisturecontentatthedeepsoillayer,butwealsofoundthathighplantingdensitywasthemaincauseofseveresoilmoisturedeficitsinthelong-term,anditcouldbemitigatedby20-40%thinning(~3139treesha-1).Inaddition,byinvestigatingtheeffectofthinningonthesoilhydrologicalresponse,wefoundthatsoilhydrologicalresponsemaybetemporarilymodifiedbythinningaccordingtochangesincanopystructure,precipitationproperties,andantecedentsoilmoistureconditions.Soilmoistureinnaturalforestrapidlyinfiltratedintodeepsoil,whichgreatlyimprovedtheefficiencyofprecipitationuse.Thinningsignificantlyincreasedthecapacityforsoilinfiltration,andmoderatethinningintensitymaybeconducivetodeepsoil-waterrecharge.Further,accordingtotheglobalcirculationpredictionmodelsandtrendanalysisresultsandweatherpatterns,deepVSWCmayincreaseifprecipitationpatternsshifttoproducelargerbutlessfrequentrainfalleventsduringthegrowingseason,andthischangewillbenefitgrowthofthevegetationplantedathigherdensityinthissemi-aridregion.@#@Reviewer1@#@Ifoundthetopicveryinteresting.Thescientific(experimental)set-upisvalidandthedataispresentedclearly,andanalyzedindetail.Mydetailedcomm