Differences in Transpiration Characteristics among Eucalyptus Plantations of Three Species on the Leizhou Peninsula, Southern China
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors present an interesting paper on the responses of three eucalyptus species, in terms of measured parameters, to climatic variations during a one-year growth season
The paper is well-written and presents a novel model approach to estimate evapotranspiration on three diferent species.
I found it interesting to readers in this area, but a minor comment that I have is that differences in terms of responses of ET towards different factors are indeed expected, when comparing different species. Yet, it is necessary to conduct these studies if the future goal is to select the most suitable eucaliptus species to be planted in particular regions.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The research was interesting to me but I did not get the final conclusion of all. May be more explanation needs to be added to get out with your intended work
Keywords are more than one word. I prefer to use indeed works as key for your research work
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Reviewer 3 Report
1- the English language needs to be improved by a native scientist
2- Abstract is too long and confused, please minimize it.
3- In introduction, you should refer to the relationship between micro-climate and transpiration. For help, you can use (https://doi.org/10.2478/ata-2022-0010)
4- Add footnotes for Table 3
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Reviewer 4 Report
Comments to the manuscript by Wang et al.
This study presents the differences in transpiration and water consumption characteristics among three eucalyptus species on the Leizhou Peninsula in southern China by studying the sap flow characteristics of E. camaldulensis and E. pellita under the same site conditions to estimate their stand transpiration as well as analyze the relationship between their stand transpiration and various influencing factors, using E. urophylla × E. grandis, as a control. The results of this study can assist in predicting eucalyptus transpiration and imply that it is necessary to consider inter-species differences when estimating transpiration in Chinese eucalyptus plantations.
The manuscript was written according to the results of hard work in the field and laboratory, and it aimed at a good idea. It is a very strong paper. I have very few comments.
In general, I have main observations:
(1) The language and percentage of plagiarism are acceptable.
(2) In some parts (introduction and discussion), the study depended on a few references, so if there is a possibility of adding more references, it will be good.
(3) The species names have to be put with the full names, including authors, for the first time mentioned in the manuscript.
(4) In the introduction, I recommend adding more morphological descriptions for the three eucalyptus species.
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Reviewer 5 Report
This paper analyzes the transpiration characteristics of three typical Eucalyptus species in China, which is of great significance to the promotion of Eucalyptus in China. However, the paper has the following problems:
(1) In the abstract and preface, it should be clear that this paper compares the water consumption of Eucalyptus species, and the disease and insect resistance and stress resistance of Eucalyptus species have little relationship with this paper.
(2) It is suggested to increase the water consumption of Eucalyptus compared with other tree species and discuss whether it affects the water cycle process in the planting area.
(3) The establishment of Eucalyptus water consumption model is of great significance. However, this paper does not support the modeling concept mentioned in the paper because the research objects are not rich enough. It should reflect the difference of water consumption of different Eucalyptus species.
(4) It is suggested that the title of this paper should be changed to "Differences in transpiration and water consumption characteristics among eucalyptus plantations on the Leizhou Peninsula, southern China".
(5) The statements in lines 27-28 cannot be supported by the data in this article.
(6) It is suggested to use precision instead of rainfall in the full text of rainfall.
（7）Eucalyptus pellita, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, and E. urophylla × E. Grandis' full text narrative order is unified. It has been introduced in the preface that abbreviations should be used in materials and methods.
(8) JC is not introduced in materials and methods.
(9) Line 428. It is recommended to use Latin name for black locust.
(10) 482 lines, Populus tomentosa in italics.
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Round 2
Reviewer 5 Report
This paper has been well revised. However, it is also necessary to change the Latin surname (or abbreviation of the surname of the nominee) into the regular script.
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Reviewer#5:
This paper has been well revised. However, it is also necessary to change the Latin surname (or abbreviation of the surname of the nominee) into the regular script.
Response: Thank you very much for the positive comments and valuable suggestions. We have changed all the abbreviation of the Latin surname into the regular script throughout the manuscript.
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