Climate Change Effects on Height–Diameter Allometric Relationship Vary with Tree Species and Size for Larch Plantations in Northern and Northeastern China
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
General Comments
I find the paper well-structured, and the methods and results are clear. I have only minor comments. The paper also requires a significant amount of editing for English grammar.
Specific Comments
Front Matter
16: Should read, “at large scales” and “we explore how climate change effects height-diameter….”
Introduction
48: Should read, “are great concerns”, “how climate change informs H-D relationships”
Materials and Methods
94-95: What is a “medium” tree?
Table 1: Some formatting issues here, check 3rd province.
197-200: Expand on this. It would be good to show an expression for the predicted height for a new observation rather than gesturing at Gordan’s paper.
202-214: Are (8-11) taken only over the validation set? If so, describe this.
223: Should read “To observe how climate change effects…in detail…”
268-274: You have already used the f notation earlier in the manuscript to refer to a function, please change these dummy-variable parameters to some other notation.
284-286: Please delete this formatting text.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Very interesting and current work. It is a very original work because it relates dendrometric data that are usually studied as an individual element with climatic variables. The work allows us to better understand the response mechanisms of coniferous forests to even extreme events. I have no substantial changes but solitary advice that I list below:
1. abstract must be made more harmonious and descriptive and not a simple list of information;
2. between lines 102 and 103 perhaps more space is needed because table 1 is attached to the text;
3. reduce the line spacing in the header of table 1;
4. same thing for the didactics of table 1;
5. paragraph 2.5 is certainly complete but complex with all the formulas inserted so closely into the text; the reading of the method must be made lighter;
. I recommend the editing of the English language with a native speaker.
Minor revision advice after editing with the suggestions listed.
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Reviewer 3 Report
In my view, this manuscript is well organized. Therefore, I evaluated it is suitable to publish. However, there are many grammar errors in English and improper writing that doesn't follow the Journal’s format. Therefore, I highly recommend that it is required to get a professional editing service before it will be published. I give you some minor comments for this manuscript as follows:
Individual comments:
- P2 L56: mean annual temperature → MAT
- P2 L82: larch or Larch? You should keep one expression for it in the whole manuscript.
- Figure 1, 3, 4, and 5: Use italics for the scientific name. In addition, I recommend using a ‘Other Larches’ instead of ‘Larch’.
- P9 L259: H-D
- P16 L403-410: Please re-check the Journal format for citation carefully
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