英文回复信范例ResponseLetter.docx

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英文回复信范例ResponseLetter

DearEditorsandReviewers,

Thankyouforyourletterandcommentsonourmanuscripttitled“Temporalvariabilityinsoilmoistureafterthinninginsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinnorthwesternChina”（FORECO_2017_459）.Thesecommentshelpedusimproveourmanuscript,andprovidedimportantguidanceforfutureresearch.

Wehaveaddressedtheeditor’sandthereviewers’commentstothebestofourabilities,andrevisedtexttomeettheForestEcologyandManagementstylerequirements.Wehopethismeetsyourrequirementsforapublication.

Wemarkedtherevisedportionsinredandhighlightedthemyellowinthemanuscript.Themaincommentsandourspecificresponsesaredetailedbelow:

Editor:

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.Mydetailedcommentsareallintheattachedpdf-file.

Response:

Thankyouforyourencouragingremarksandvaluablecomments.Wecorrectedourtextaccordingtoyourcommentssubmittedintheattachedpdf-file.Ourresponsestoyourcommentsareasfollows:

Commentsinattachedpdf-file

1.Keywords:

maybere-consider“Rainfall”

Response:

Wefullyagreethatitisnecessarytore-consider“Rainfall”intheKeywordssection.Inaddition,thestatementof“Rainfall”wascorrectedas“Soilhydrologicalresponse”（L31）.

2.Ln.37:

Expand,i.e.whyarethesespecificregionswater-limited.

Response:

Weapologizeforourearlierlackofclarity.Toincreaseclarity,wehavere-writtenthissentenceaccordingly,andwehavecorrected“Grasslandafforestationiscriticalineffortstopreventwide-spreadlanddegradationinaridandsemi-aridregionsofChina（Chenetal.,2008a;Yangetal.,2014）.However,sustainabilityofplantedforestsisseverelylimitedbysoilmoistureconditions.Soilmoistureisfundamentaltosustainabilityinwater-limitedecosystems（Newmanetal.,2006;Yangetal.,2014）.”as“Grasslandafforestationiscriticalineffortstopreventwide-spreadlanddegradationinaridandsemi-aridregionsofChina（Chenetal.,2008a;Yangetal.,2014）,whererainfallisthemainsourceofsoilmoisture,andwheremanyvegetationrestorationprojectswereimplemented（Li,2004）.However,soilmoistureisthemostcrucialfactortosustainabilityofplantedforestsinthesewater-limitedecosystems（Newmanetal.,2006;Yangetal.,2014）.（L35-40）”.

3.Ln.47:

Whatismeantby“statisticalmomentsofsoilmoisture,suchasmeanandvariance”?

Response:

Itismeantthatchangestocanopystructureduetolarge-scaleclearingsorintermediatedisturbanceeventsmayleadtochangesinthemeanandthevarianceofthesoilmoisture.Weamendedourtexttoclarify,andnowitreads:

“Changestoforestcanopystructureduetolarge-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?

Atthestudiedregion/area?

Response:

Toincreaseclarity,wehavere-writtenthissentenceaccordingly（L71-75）.Andourstudiedregion/areaisalsoexperiencingthisprecipitationpatterns,withlargerbutlessfrequentrainfalleventsduringthegrowingseason,andmorefrequentextremehydrologicalevents.

7.Ln.74–80:

Heisler-White,Heetal.andSunetal.→showedwhere,inwhattypeofecosystem,howdoesitrelatetothestudiedone,i.e.elaboratemoreonhowthesestudiesrelatetothecurrentone.

Response:

Thatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingtoyourcomments（L78-80,L83,L85-86）.ThestudyofHeisler-Whiteetal.（2008）providesabackgroundknowledgeofthesupplyoftheprecipitationonsoilprofile.ThestudiesofHeetal.（2012）andSunetal.（2015）investigatedthesoilmoisturedynamicsoftypicalecosystems（forestland,shrubland,grassland,andmeadows）inresponsetoprecipitation,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。

Theresponseofsoilmoisturetorainfalleventsizeinsubalpinegrasslandandmeadowsinasemi-aridmountainrange:

AcasestudyinnorthwesternChina’sQilianMountains

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

Amonitoring-basedanalysisofhydrologicalserviceintheQilianMountains.Catena129,63-75.

8.Ln.98:

ponderosa→Ponderosa

Response:

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

9.Ln.118–121:

whatismeantby“Tianbao”.Re-phrasethissentence,notsurewhatismeantby“returningthegrainareas..”Referstoshiftfromagriculturetoforestry?

Response:

Thankyouforyourvaluablesuggestions.Weamendedourtexttoclarify,andnowitreads:

“Inrecentdecades,withtheimplementationofprojectsNationalForestConservationProgram,“GrainforGreen”program,andothersandothers,theareaofplantedvegetationintheQilianMountainshasincreasedsignificantly（Li,2004）,andmanysemi-aridgrasslandswereconvertedtoPiceacrassifoliaplantationforests（Heetal.,2012）.”（L128-132）.

10.Ln.124:

Remove“growthefficiency”

Response:

The“growthefficiency”wasremoved（L134）.

11.Ln.125:

Whatis“weakstability”inthiscontext–soilmoistureorsomethingelse?

Response:

Wewerehappytoclarifytheideaofa“weakstabilityof