Diversity of Spontaneous Plants in Eco-Parks and Its Relationship with Environmental Characteristics of Parks
and Yinke Zhang 3,*Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Introduction
1. Define the term "spontaneous plant"
Method
2.1 Study site
-Provide a map for the study areas
Conclusion
-The conclusion was poorly written. Most of the results were repeated in the conclusion. Please write a conclusion for your study. Please state the impact of this research for the planning of parks in the future in terms of species selection etc. Do not write back the results or findings of your study in the conclusion.
Language is OK
Author Response
April 27, 2023
Dear Reviewer,
We greatly appreciate your critical review of our manuscript (forests-2345425). Thank you for your valuable comments and constructive suggestions, which inspired us to perform further analyses of certain problems to enrich this paper.
We have revised them one by one according to your comments. See the attachment for details.
With kind regards,
Associate Professor Feng Shao
Email address: shaofeng@zafu.edu.cn
Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
This is interesting paper presenting methodial approach and research results concerning important problem / issue: how to shape urban / suburban and rural landscape in the aspect of high biodiversity, including natural (wildlife) elements. There are quite many scientific publications on this subject, but the problem and ongoing processes involved are so complicated, so the presented research is to be estimated as an interesting and supporting one.
The paper concerns spreading of spontaneous plants in green areas represented by men-made green areas and green areas being a remnants of wild nature (party arranged by man, being under vegetation succession) - all in widely understood suburban areas in China.
Methodical approach is very interesting and worth attention - detailed, partly new, as regards chosen 16 parks (green areas) characteristics under analysis.
Results are rather a confirmation of previous research, but provide support for rational landscape planning in the aspect of higher biodiversity, especially in areas of Asia.
Detailed comments:
Ad INTRODUCTION - the aim of research is not clearly and directly formulated (the same is in ABSTRACT)
Ad ABSTRACT - Line 20: lack of space (parks.Sixteen...); line 32: bad use of the term "natural landscapes". It rather should be formulated like: "...construction of sustainable urban and rural landscapes of high biodiversity including wildlife elements..." (rural and urban landscapes are not natural landscapes - it is contradiction).
Line 85: unfortunate wording: "Paper mainly analyses..." - better: in the paper analysis have been presented (or something like this)
Line 90: correction is needed: ".sponta...."
In general: In the paper interesting methodical approach and results are presented; scientific sagnificance is average, but topic important and reader intrest rather high. It is woth publishing.
as above
Author Response
April 27, 2023
Dear Reviewer,
We greatly appreciate your critical review of our manuscript (forests-2345425). Thank you for your valuable comments and constructive suggestions, which inspired us to perform further analyses of certain problems to enrich this paper.
We have revised them one by one according to your comments. See the attachment for details.
With kind regards,
Associate Professor Feng Shao
Email address: shaofeng@zafu.edu.cn
Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
