完整word版英文回复信范例ResponseLetter.docx

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完整word版英文回复信范例ResponseLetter

DearEditorsandReviewers,

Thankyouforyourletterandcommentsonourmanuscripttitled“Temporal

variabilityinsoilmoistureafterthinninginsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsin

northwesternChina”（FORECO_2017_459）.Thesecommentshelpedusimproveour

manuscript,andprovidedimportantguidanceforfutureresearch.

Wehaveaddressedtheeditor'sandthereviewers'commentstothebestofour

abilities,andrevisedtexttomeettheForestEcologyandManagementstyle

requirements.Wehopethismeetsyourrequirementsforapublication.

Wemarkedtherevisedportionsinredandhighlightedthemyellowinthe

manuscript.Themaincommentsandourspecificresponsesaredetailedbelow:

Editor:

Pleaseexplainhowtheresultsinthispaperaresignificantlydifferentfromthosein

Zhu,X.,He,Z.B.,Du,J.,Yang,J.J.,Chen,L.F.,2015.Effectsofthinningonthesoil

moistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantationinQilianMountains.ForestResearch.28,

55–60.）

Response:

Weapologizeforourearlierlackofclarityaboutthedifferencesbetween

ourstudyandthosein“Zhu,X.,He,Z.B.,Du,J.,Yang,J.J.,Chen,L.F.,2015.Effects

Qilian

inplantationcrassifoliaPiceatheofmoisturesoiltheonthinningof

Mountains.ForestResearch.28,55–60”（named“previousarticle”below）.

Specifically,wefoundthreemaindifferencesinthetemporalvariabilityand

hydrologicalresponsesofsoilmoisturebetweenourstudyandthe“previousarticle”.

First,thescopeofdataanalysisanduseweredifferent:

The“previousarticle”

thth2013）fromjustappliedtheonegrowingseasondata（fromJune28toOctober25thenaturalforestandtheplantationswithnothinningandthinnedin20%intensity.In

addition,the“previousarticle”alsohasnotconsideredtheeffectof40%thinningon

thesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantation.However,inthepresentstudy,we

thth2015in30HDand（fromJune27NF;2012toOctoberfourappliedyearsdata

thth2015inMDandLD）fromthenaturalforest2014toOctober29fromJanuary1andtheplantationswithnothinning,thinnedin20%,andthinnedin40%intensityto

analysisthetemporalvariabilityandhydrologicalresponsesofsoilmoisturein

semi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinnorthwesternChina.

Second,thecontentoftheresearchwasdifferent:

The“previousarticle”only

consideredthespatialandtemporaldynamicchangesofsoilmoisture,butdidnot

involvetheinter-annual,andseasonaldynamicchangesofthesoilmoisture.Inthe

presentstudy,however,notonlydidweconsideredtheeffectsofthinningonthe

spatialandtemporaldynamicchanges,theinter-annualchanges,andseasonal

dynamicchangesofthesoilmoisture;butwealsoconsideredthechangesinsoil

hydrologicalresponseafterthinning.Ourgoalsweretounderstandthechangesinsoil

hydrologicalresponseandsoilmoisturedynamics,andtodeterminewhetherthinning

Picea

managementcaneffectivelyimprovethestateofsoilmoistureinthesubalpine

crassifoliaplantationsintheQilianMountains.

Third,theresearchpurposeandtheresultwerealsodifferent:

Themainly

purposeofthe“previousarticle”wastopreliminaryexplorethethinningonthe

plantationforestsoilmoisture,andtheyfoundthattheintermediatethinningcan

significantlyincreasesoilmoisturecontentatthedepthof60cm.However,they

didn'tpointoutthatwhichorwhatthethinningintensityorplantationdensitycanbe

benefittosustainabilityofplantedforestsinthesewater-limitedregions.Inthisstudy,

notonlywedidconfirmedthattheintermediatethinningcansignificantlyincrease

soilmoisturecontentatthedeepsoillayer,butwealsofoundthathighplanting

densitywasthemaincauseofseveresoilmoisturedeficitsinthelong-term,andit

-1）.Inaddition,thinning（~3139treeshabycouldbemitigatedby20-40%

investigatingtheeffectofthinningonthesoilhydrologicalresponse,wefoundthat

soilhydrologicalresponsemaybetemporarilymodifiedbythinningaccordingto

changesincanopystructure,precipitationproperties,andantecedentsoilmoisture

conditions.Soilmoistureinnaturalforestrapidlyinfiltratedintodeepsoil,which

greatlyimprovedtheefficiencyofprecipitationuse.Thinningsignificantlyincreased

thecapacityforsoilinfiltration,andmoderatethinningintensitymaybeconduciveto

deepsoil-waterrecharge.Further,accordingtotheglobalcirculationprediction

modelsandtrendanalysisresultsandweatherpatterns,deepVSWCmayincreaseif

precipitationpatternsshifttoproducelargerbutlessfrequentrainfalleventsduring

thegrowingseason,andthischangewillbenefitgrowthofthevegetationplantedat

aridregion.-higherdensityinthissemi

Reviewer1

Ifoundthetopicveryinteresting.Thescientific（experimental）set-upisvalidandthe

dataispresentedclearly,andanalyzedindetail.Mydetailedcommentsareallinthe

attachedpdf-file.

Response:

Thankyouforyourencouragingremarksandvaluablecomments.We

correctedourtextaccordingtoyourcommentssubmittedintheattachedpdf-file.Our

responsestoyourcommentsareasfollows:

Commentsinattachedpdf-file

1.Keywords:

maybere-consider“Rainfall”

Response:

Wefullyagreethatitisnecessarytore-consider“Rainfall”inthe

Keywordssection.Inaddition,thestatementof“Rainfall”wascorrectedasSoil“hydrologicalresponse（L31）.”

2.Ln.37:

Expand,i.e.whyarethesespecificregionswater-limited.

have

weclarity,increaseToclarity.oflackearlierourforapologizeWeResponse:

re-writtenthissentenceaccordingly,andwehavecorrected“Grasslandafforestationis

criticalineffortstopreventwide-spreadlanddegradationinaridandsemi-arid

regionsofChina（Chenetal.,2008a;Yangetal.,2014）.However,sustainabilityof

plantedforestsisseverelylimitedbysoilmoistureconditions.Soilmoistureis

fundamentaltosustainabilityinwater-limitedecosystems（Newmanetal.,2006;Yang

etal.,2014）.”as“Grasslandafforestationiscriticalineffortstopreventwide-spread

landdegradationinaridandsemi-aridregionsofChina（Chenetal.,2008a;Yanget

al.,2014）,whererainfallisthemainsourceofsoilmoisture,andwheremany

vegetationrestorationprojectswereimplemented（Li,2004）.However,soilmoisture

isthemostcrucialfactortosustainabilityofplantedforestsinthesewater-limited

ecosystems（Newmanetal.,2006;Yangetal.,2014）.（L35-40）”.

3.Ln.47:

Whatismeantby“statisticalmomentsofsoilmoisture,suchasmeanand

variance”?

Response:

Itismeantthatchangestocanopystructureduetolarge-scaleclearingsor

intermediatedisturbanceeventsmayleadtochangesinthemeanandthevarianceof

thesoilmoisture.Weamendedourtexttoclarify,andnowitreads:

“Changestoforest

canopystructureduetolarge-scaleharvestingmayleadtochangesinsoilproperties,

residualtreegrowth,andthemeanandthevarianceofthesoilmoisture（Chenetal.,

1993;Olchevetal.,2009;Heetal.,2013;Kaarakkaetal.,2014）.”（L48-51）.

4.Ln.60:

add“ecosystems”（insteadofcosystem）

Response:

Thestatementof“cosystem”wascorrectedas“ecosystems”（L62）.

5.Ln.68:

change“determining”to“affecting”

Response:

Thestatementof“determining”wascorrectedas“affecting”（L71）.

6.Ln.71:

Expandthissentenceabit.Growingseason–where?

Atthestudied

region/area?

Response:

Toincreaseclarity,wehavere-writtenthissentenceaccordingly（L71-75）.

Andourstudiedregion/areaisalsoexperiencingthisprecipitationpatterns,with

largerbutlessfrequentrainfalleventsduringthegrowingseason,andmorefrequent

extremehydrologicalevents.

7.Ln.74–80:

Heisler-White,Heetal.andSunetal.→showedwhere,inwhattype

ofecosystem,howdoesitrelatetothestudiedone,i.e.elaboratemoreonhowthese

studiesrelatetothecurrentone.

Response:

Thatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingto

yourcomments（L78-80,L83,L85-86）.Thestudyof（2008）

al.etWhite-Heisler

providesabackgroundknowledgeofthesupplyoftheprecipitationonsoilprofile.

ThestudiesofHeetal.（2012）andSunetal.（2015）investigatedthesoilmoisture

dynamicsoftypicalecosystems（forestland,shrubland,grassland,andmeadows）in

responsetoprecipitation,whichcanprovideareferenceforourresearch.

提供背景知识，了解降水对土壤的补给情况；Heetal.andSunetal.的研究研究了祁连山天然植被（林地、草地和灌丛）的土壤水分情况，是本文章研究的基础。

Theresponseofsoilmoisturetorainfalleventsizeinsubalpinegrasslandand

meadowsinasemi-aridmountainrange:

AcasestudyinnorthwesternChina'sQilian

Mountains

Sun,F.,Lü,Y.,Wang,J.,Hu,J.,Fu,B.,2015.Soilmoisturedynamicsoftypical

ecosystemsinresponsetoprecipitation:

Amonitoring-basedanalysisofhydrological

serviceintheQilianMountains.Catena129,63-75.

8.Ln.98:

ponderosa→Ponderosa

Response:

Thestatementof“ponderosa”wascorrectedas“Ponderosa”（L97）.

9.Ln.118–121:

whatismeantby“Tianbao”.Re-phrasethissentence,notsurewhatis

meantby“returningthegrainareas..”Referstoshiftfromagriculturetoforestry?

Response:

Thankyouforyourvaluablesuggestions.Weamendedourtexttoclarify,

andnowitreads:

“Inrecentdecades,withtheimplementationofprojectsNational

ForestConservationProgram,“GrainforGreen”program,andothersandothers,the

areaofplantedvegetationintheQilianMountainshasincreasedsignificantly（Li,

2004）,andmanysemi-aridgrasslandswereconvertedtoPiceacrassifoliaplan