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1、DearEditorsandReviewers,Thankyouforyourletterandcommentsonourmanuscripttitled"Temporalvariabilityinsoilmoistureafterthinninginsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinnorthwesternChinaFORECO_2021_459).Thesecommentshelpedusimproveourmanuscript,andprovidedimportantguidanceforfutureresearch.Wehaveadd

2、ressedtheeditor'andthereviewerscommentstothebestofourabilities,andrevisedtexttomeettheForestEcologyandManagementstylerequirements.Wehopethismeetsyourrequirementsforapublication.Wemarkedtherevisedportionsinredandhighlightedthemyellowinthemanuscript.Themaincommentsandourspecificresponsesaredetaile

3、dbelow:Editor:PleaseexplainhowtheresultsinthispaperaresignificantlydifferentfromthoseinZhu,X.,He,Z.B.,Du,J.,Yang,J.J.,Chen,L.F.,2021.EffectsofthinningonthesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantationinQilianMountains.ForestResearch.28,5560.)Response:Weapologizeforourearlierlackofclarityaboutthediffer

4、encesbetweenourstudyandthosein“Zhu,X.,He,Z.B.,Du,J.,Yang,J.J.,Chen,L.F.,2021.EffectsofthinningonthesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantationinQilianMountains.ForestResearch.28,55-60"(named“previousarticle"beloW.Specifically,wefoundthreemaindifferencesinthetemporalvariabilityandhydrologic

5、alresponsesofsoilmoisturebetweenourstudyandthe“previousarticleFirst,thescopeofdataanalysisanduseweredifferent:The“previousarticlejustappliedtheonegrowingseasondata(fromJune28htoOctober25th2021)fromthenaturalforestandtheplantationswithnothinningandthinnedin20%intensity.Inaddition,the“previousarticle“

6、alsohasnotconsideredtheeffectof40%thinningonthesoilmoistureofthePiceacrassifoliaplantation.However,inthepresentstudy,weappliedfouryearsdata(fromJune27th2021toOctober30th2021inHDandNF;fromJanuary1th2021toOctober29th2021inMDandLD)fromthenaturalforestandtheplantationswithnothinning,thinnedin20%,andthin

7、nedin40%intensitytoanalysisthetemporalvariabilityandhydrologicalresponsesofsoilmoistureinsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinnorthwesternChina.Second,thecontentoftheresearchwasdifferent:The“previousarticleonlyconsideredthespatialandtemporaldynamicchangesofsoilmoisture,butdidnotinvolvetheinter-annu

8、al,andseasonaldynamicchangesofthesoilmoisture.Inthepresentstudy,however,notonlydidweconsideredtheeffectsofthinningonthespatialandtemporaldynamicchanges,theinter-annualchanges,andseasonaldynamicchangesofthesoilmoisture;butwealsoconsideredthechangesinsoilhydrologicalresponseafterthinning.Ourgoalsweret

9、ounderstandthechangesinsoilhydrologicalresponseandsoilmoisturedynamics,andtodeterminewhetherthinningmanagementcaneffectivelyimprovethestateofsoilmoistureinthesubalpinePiceacrassifoliaplantationsintheQilianMountains.Third,theresearchpurposeandtheresultwerealsodifferent:Themainlypurposeofthe“previousa

10、rticleWastopreliminaryexplorethethinningontheplantationforestsoilmoisture,andtheyfoundthattheintermediatethinningcansignificantlyincreasesoilmoisturecontentatthedepthof60cm.However,theydidn'tpointoutthatwhichorwhatthethinningintensityorplantationdensitycanbebenefittosustainabilityofplantedforest

11、sinthesewater-limitedregions.Inthisstudy,notonlywedidconfirmedthattheintermediatethinningcansignificantlyincreasesoilmoisturecontentatthedeepsoillayer,butwealsofoundthathighplantingdensitywasthemaincauseofseveresoilmoisturedeficitsinthelong-term,anditcouldbemitigatedby20-40%thinning(3139treesha-1).I

12、naddition,byinvestigatingtheeffectofthinningonthesoilhydrologicalresponse,wefoundthatsoilhydrologicalresponsemaybetemporarilymodifiedbythinningaccordingtochangesincanopystructure,precipitationproperties,andantecedentsoilmoistureconditions.Soilmoistureinnaturalforestrapidlyinfiltratedintodeepsoil,whi

13、chgreatlyimprovedtheefficiencyofprecipitationuse.Thinningsignificantlyincreasedthecapacityforsoilinfiltration,andmoderatethinningintensitymaybeconducivetodeepsoil-waterrecharge.Further,accordingtotheglobalcirculationpredictionmodelsandtrendanalysisresultsandweatherpatterns,deepVSWCmayincreaseifpreci

14、pitationpatternsshifttoproducelargerbutlessfrequentrainfalleventsduringthegrowingseason,andthischangewillbenefitgrowthofthevegetationplantedathigherdensityinthissemi-aridregion.Reviewer1Ifoundthetopicveryinteresting.Thescientific(experimental)set-upisvalidandthedataispresentedclearly,andanalyzedinde

15、tail.Mydetailedcommentsareallintheattachedpdf-file.Response:Thankyouforyourencouragingremarksandvaluablecomments.Wecorrectedourtextaccordingtoyourcommentssubmittedintheattachedpdf-file.Ourresponsestoyourcommentsareasfollows:Commentsinattachedpdf-file1. Keywords:maybere-consider“RainfallResponse:Wefu

16、llyagreethatitisnecessarytore-consider“Rainfallin,theKeywordssection.Inaddition,thestatementof“RainfallwascorrectedasSoilhydrologicalresponse(L31).2. Ln.37:Expand,i.e.whyarethesespecificregionswater-limited.Response:Weapologizeforourearlierlackofclarity.Toincreaseclarity,wehavere-writtenthissentence

17、accordingly,andwehavecorrected"Grasslandafforestationcriticalineffortstopreventwide-spreadlanddegradationinaridandsemi-aridregionsofChina(Chenetal.,2021a;Yangetal.,2021).However,sustainabilityofplantedforestsisseverelylimitedbysoilmoistureconditions.Soilmoistureisfundamentaltosustainabilityinwa

18、ter-limitedecosystemsNewmanetal.,2006;Yangetal.,2021).“as“Grasslarfidrestationiscriticalineffortstopreventwide-spreadlanddegradationinaridandsemi-aridregionsofChina(Chenetal.,2021a;Yangetal.,2021),whererainfallisthemainsourceofsoilmoisture,andwheremanyvegetationrestorationprojectswereimplemented(_i,

19、2004).However,soilmoistureisthemostcrucialfactortosustainabilityofplantedforestsinthesewater-limitedecosystemsNewmanetal.,2006;Yangetal.,2021(L35-40).3. _n.47:Whatismeantby"statisticalmomentm0fssore,suchasmeanandvarianceResponse:Itismeantthatchangestocanopystructureduetolarge-scaleclearingsorin

20、termediatedisturbanceeventsmayleadtochangesinthemeanandthevarianceofthesoilmoisture.Weamendedourtexttolarify,andnowitreads:"Changestoforestcanopystructureduetolarge-scaleharvestingmayleadtochangesinsoilproperties,residualtreegrowth,andthemeanandthevarianceofthesoilmoistureChenetal.,1993;Olcheve

21、tal.,2021;Heetal.,2021;Kaarakkaetal.,201)4"L48-51).4. Ln.60:add“ecosystems(insteadofcosystem)ResponseThestatementof“cosystem"wascorrectedas(L6ejcosystems5. Ln.68:change"determining"to“affectingResponseThestatementof“determining"wascorrectedasLaffejcting(6. Ln.71:Expandthisse

22、ntenceabit.Growingseason-where?Atthestudiedregion/area?Response:Toincreaseclarity,wehavere-writtenthissentenceaccordinglyL71-75).Andourstudiedregion/areaisalsoexperiencingthisprecipitationpatterns,withlargerbutlessfrequentrainfalleventsduringthegrowingseason,andmorefrequentextremehydrologicalevents.

23、7. Ln.7480:Heisler-White,Heetal.andSunetal.fshowedwhere,inwhattypeofecosystem,howdoesitrelatetothestudiedone,i.e.elaboratemoreonhowthesestudiesrelatetothecurrentone.ResponseThatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingtoyourcomments(L78-80,L83,L85-86).ThestudyofHeisler-Whiteetal.(2021

24、)providesabackgroundknowledgeofthesupplyoftheprecipitationonsoilprofile.ThestudiesofHeetal.(2021)andSunetal.(2021)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；Hee

25、tal.andSuneta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,是本文章研究的根底.Theresponseofsoilmoisturetorainfalleventsizeinsubalpinegrasslandandmeadowsinasemi-aridmountainrange:AcasestudyinnorthwesternChina'sQilianMountainsSun,F.,Lu,Y.,Wang,J.,Hu,J.,Fu,B.,2021.Soilmoisturedynamicsoftypicalecosystemsinresponsetoprecipi

26、tation:Amonitoring-basedanalysisofhydrologicalserviceintheQilianMountains.Catena129,63-75.8. Ln.98:ponderosafPonderosaResponseThestatementof9.Ln.118-121:whatismeantby“ponderosa"wascorrectedasL97p.onderosa(Tian-pOnjase.tRissentence,notsurewhatismeantby“returningthegrainareas.Referstoshiftfromagr

27、iculturetoforestry?Response:Thankyouforyourvaluablesuggestions.Weamendedourtexttoclarify,andnowitreads:"Inrecentdecades,withtheimplementationofprojectsNationalForestConservationProgram,“GrainforGreen"program,andothersandothers,theareaofplantedvegetationintheQilianMountainshasincreasedsigni

28、ficantly(Li,2004),andmanysemi-aridgrasslandswereconvertedtoPiceacrassifoliaplantationforests(Heetal.,201?.L(28-132).10. Ln.124:Remove“growthefficiencyResponse:The“growthefficiencyFenwuvsd(L134).11. Ln.125:Whatis“wealstabilityin“thiscontext-soilmoistureorsomethingelse?Response:Wewerehappytoclarifythe

29、ideaofa“weakstabilityoftheecosystemwhichmeantthatthestabilityofthewholeecologicalsystemwillshowadecreasingtrendwithvegetationsuccession.Toincreasethevalidityofthispoint,weincludedliteraturesourcesthatrelatedtothestabilityoftheecosystem(YueandMa,1991;SankaranandMcNaughton,1999;Jiangetal.,2002andtheba

30、sesonwhichstabilitywasevaluated:(1)suitabilityforlocalenvironmentalconditions,(2)theresistancetoandtheabilitytorecoverfromanexternaldisturbance,(3)theabilityofself-renewalandnormaldevelopment,and(4)havingarelativelystablepopulationstructure.12. Ln.126:Replace:"enhancement-"Improvingthestab

31、ilityofthesystemResponse:Thestatementof“Enhacementofthestabilityinthissystemwascorrectedas“ImproVingtabilityofthesystemL136).(13. Ln.163:Whatismeantby“limitednumberofLaaybeaddastemdensityestimate?Response:Thankyouforyourvaluablesuggestions.Weaddedastemdensitytoclarify,andnowitreads:"Thevast,rec

32、entlyafforestedareashadahighstanddensityaround4500treesha1,andcontainedalimitednumberofLarixprincipis-rupprechtiiMayrtrees(around210treesha)."L172-174).14. Ln.165:Remove“management'Response:The“management'wasremoved).15. Ln.166-167:lastsentenceoftheparagraphneedsre-phrasingThethinningai

33、medtoremovepoor-growingtreesaswellthoselackingvigor.Whatismeantby“fish-scalepit,ifthisaregionalterm,defineit.Doesdensityinthiscontextrefertostanddensity(i.e.tothedensityofthetreesinagivenarea,inthepit)?ResponseThatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingtoyourcomments(L167-177).The&q

34、uot;fsxhalepit“inthisstudyisaregionaltermandmeantthat“thepitoftheplanttrees.Inaddition,thedensityinthiscontextrefertostanddensityofthetreesinagivenarea.16. Ln.169:Rephrase.Maybesomethinglike:rlyAUgiusa2021,asurveywascarriedoutintheP.crassifoliaplantationandinthenearby/adjacentnaturalP.crassifoliasta

35、nd,whichatthetimeofsamplingwere31and41years,respectively.Selectedstandshadsimilarsiteconditions.ResponseThatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingtoyourcommentsL182-185).17. Ln.176-177:Remove“exceptforthegatheringofwildmushroomsbetweenJulyandAugustResponseThe“exceptforthegatheringo

36、fwildmushroomsbetweenJulyandAugustwasremovedL190).18. Ln.198:Changeto“asoilpitwiththedimensionsofResponseThestatementof“asoilpitwithadimensionsof“wascorrectedaspitwiththedimensionsofL210)(19. Ln.199:Change5一“fiveResponsethestatementsof"5"wascorrected0l212).“five(20. Ln.204-205:Whatismeantb

37、y“theacceptedrangeofsoiltemperaturechange"40to+60C)temperaturechangeinthesoilorwhere?Ifinthesoil,whysuchextremenumbers?Response:这个只是仪器的测定范围,研究区土壤温度在什么什么范围(各个图层的都加加上),所以用该仪器可以保证所测区域温度准确.21. Ln.206:Remove“nearlyinalResponseThe“nea-lyriginal"wasremoved(L?).22. Ln.212:Whywasthisdata(2021-2021)

38、notavailable?Maybeaddanexplanation.Response:The80-cmdatafromtheNFstandwerenotavailableforthe2021and2021growingseasonduetothevolumetricwatercontentandtemperatureECH2Osensoratthislayerwasdamaged.AndweaddedanexplanationatthelineofL225-227.23. Ln.214:EquationfequationsResponseThestatementof"equatio

39、n“wascorrectedas"L229货quation24. Ln.192:Add“Totalnitrogen(Ntot)“usethatfortotalnitrogenratherthan(Ln.268)Response:Thestatementof“totalnitrogen“wascorrectedastot)Totalnitrogen(Nandweuse“NotratherthaniTIthefollowingparts(L205).25. Ln.268:RephrasesothatthereaderunderstandsthattheSOCandNtotvariedwi

40、ththinningintensitymaybef.soildepthstendedtodecreasewithincreasedthinningintensity,whilesoilbulkdensitytendedtoincrease.ResponseThankyouforyourvaluablesuggestions.Weamendedourtexttoclarify,andnowitreads:"GenerallySOCandNtotinallsampledsoildepthstendedtodecreasewithincreasedthinningintensity,whi

41、lesoilbulkdensitytendedtoincrease(MS,L283-284).26. Ln.273-274:Rephrasesothattherewillbelessrepetition.Response:Wehavere-writtenthispartaccordingtotheReviewer'suggestion(L270-281).这句感觉没有重复27. Ln.287:Consideredrephrasing“improvingtheutilizationefficiencyofprecipitation.Efficiencyofthesoil,stand?Re

42、sponsethusimprovingtheutilizationefficiencyofprecipitationforsoil.28. Ln.334W36:Here,thedataiswellpresented,sumstheresultsforthereader(forVSWC)Response:除了10cm外,NF在其他各个图层土壤水分最高.Soilmoisturecontentchangeddrasticallyafterthinning,withasignificantdecreasenear-surface(10cm),andasignificantincreaseinsub-s

43、urface(60and80cm)soil.29. Ln.339:Changetheother"HD'to"LDandremove“LDfromtheendofthesentence.Response:Weagree,andwehavere-writtenthispartaccordingtotheReviewer'ssuggestion(L320-322).30. Ln.391:Onepercentageseemstobemissing?Response查下文献,力口上具体的百分比.Moreover,successiverainfalleventsenab

44、leafasterwettingofcanopies,a391higherdegreeofsaturationofcanopywaterstorage,andlongerperiodsof392throughfall(CrokfordandRichardson,2000;Lozano-Parraetal.,2021).31. (Ln.393:MayberephrasefEvaporationislimitedbyenergyavailability)Response:Accordingtoyoursuggestions,thestatementsof“Further,inwetconditio

45、ns,evaporationfromwetsurfacesislowerduetolimitedenergyavailabilitywascorrectedas“Further,inwetconditions,evaporationislimitedbyenergyavailability(L?-?).32. Ln.397:Rephrase:“soil一“soils",“has一“haveResponseThestatementofsoil“wascorrectedasioils",andthestatementofhaswascorrectedashave"&q

46、uot;(L?-?).33. Ln.421-425:Repetitionherefsummarize.ResponseThatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingtoyourcomments(MS,L11).ssuggestion(L270Weagree,andwehavere-writtenthispartaccordingtotheReviewer'suggestion(L320-322).WehaverewrittenthispartaccordingtotheReviewer34. Ln.478:“wa

47、s一“isResponseThestatementofwas“wascorrectedass"(L?-?).35. Discussion-section,althoughwellwritten,needsabitof“compressing.Therearerepetitivesentencesthatcaneasilyberemoved.Furthermore,allthenumbers(forexamplecanopyinterceptionln.377378)shouldbereportedintheresults-section.ResponseThatwasanexcell

48、entsuggestion,andwehavemaderevisionsaccordingtoyourcomments(MS,L11).Inaddition,allthenumbers(forexamplecanopyinterceptionln.377W78)havebeenreportedintheresults-section.Reviewer2Generalcomments:Inmanuscriptentitled“TemporalvariabiHtyinsoilmoistureafterthinninginsemi-aridPiceacrassifoliaplantationsinn

49、orthwesternChina,theauthorsanalyzedlong-termeffectsofthreethinningintensitiesinPiceacrassifoliaplantationsonsoilhydrologicalresponsesandsoilmoisturedynamicsatdifferentsoildepths,andcomparedthemtothoseofanaturaPiceacrassifoliaforest,whichisasubjectthatisofrelevancefor“ForestEcologyandManagement,.This

50、studyisvaluableandinterestingtoprovideabetterunderstandingoftheeco-hydrologicalconsequencesoftheforeststandthinninginsemi-aridgrasslandsafforestationforest,andIthinkthatthismanuscriptcouldbeacceptedforpublicationafteramoderaterevision.Response:Thankyouforthehelpfulcomments,whichallowedustoimproveour

51、manuscript.Wemadetherevisionsaccordingly.Themaincorrectionsandtheresponsestoyourcommentsfollow:Specificsuggestions:1. Generally,themanuscriptiswellwrittenandstructured,butthemanuscriptneedscarefuleditingwithattentiontotheuseoftheterm,i.e.,P.crassifolia->Piceacrassifolia.Response:Weagree,andwehave

52、correctedP.crassifolia“asPiceacrassifoliainallpartsofthisMS(MS,L81-82).2. L42,thestatementsof“canopystructuresshouldbecorrectedas“canopystructure.Response:Thestatemetof“canopystructures"wascorrectedas“canopystructure(L44).3. L63,“man,shouldbedeleted.Response:"man,wasdeleted55).4. L113-114,

53、asectionintheintroductiononthesilvicsofandsoilcharacteristicspreferredbyPiceacrassifoliawouldhavehelpedthereadernotfamiliarwiththespecies.Response:Thatwasanexcellentsuggestion,andwehaveaddedinformationonsilvicsandthepreferredsoilcharacteristicsofPiceacrassifolia(L119-122,L619-622).5. L116-118,Ifindt

54、hereasonforsprucedeclineentirelyasaresultofexploitation.From1949to1999,thetemperaturedidrisetoseverelyaffectthesprucebutovercuttingandconvertingtootherusesdidincrease.Wetoooftenprovidefodderforclimatechangedeniersbyoverclaimingtheimpactofclimatechange.Climatechangewillimpactfuturesprucestandsespecia

55、llythoseinthetransitionalareas.Response:Weagreethat,intransitionalareas,climatechangewillalsohaveanimportantimpactonthesesprucestands.Aftercarefulcheckingofhistoricalmaterials,wefoundthatthereductionoftheQinghaispruceforestareawastheresultofacombinationofclimatechangeandhumanactivities.Wehavere-writ

56、tenthisparttoclarifythispoint(L125-126).6.L120,thestatementsofplantedshouldbecorrectLit-tlesmanResponse:Tiestatementof“planted"wascorrectechade'L12man7. L121,the“senidgrasslands"representsoriginalvegetationorconsequenceofdeforestationandglobalwarming?ResponseThankyouforthisobservation.

57、Inourstudyarea,thesemi-aridgrasslandsaretheoriginalvegetation.8. L125,Idonotunderstandwhat“weakstabilityoftheecosystethinkthis"is.termneedstobedefinedandonwhatbasisisitevaluated.“weakstabilityoftheecosystemResponse:Wewerehappytoclarifytheideaofawhichmeantthatthestabilityofthewholeecologicalsyst

58、emwillshowadecreasingtrendwithvegetationsuccession.Toincreasethevalidityofthispoint,weincludedliteraturesourcesthatrelatedtothestabilityoftheecosystem(YueandMa,1991;SankaranandMcNaughton,1999;Jiangetal.,2002andthebasesonwhichstabilitywasevaluated:(1)suitabilityforlocalenvironmentalconditions,(2)ther

59、esistancetoandtheabilitytorecoverfromanexternaldisturbance,(3)theabilityofself-renewalandnormaldevelopment,and(4)havingarelativelystablepopulationstructure.9. L148-150,astheclimateischangingoverwhatyearsaretheselong-termclimatologyvaluescalculatedfor?Response:Theselong-termclimatologyvalueswerecalculatedfromyears1994to2021(L158).10. InL156,L160“shadedndsemi-shaded"thesewereuncleartome.Didtheyrepresentslope