Rabbits or Refuse? Landfill Use and Relevance as a Food Source for an Increasing Wintering Population of the Red Kite
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors compared the use of a landfill site in Spain with the diet of red kites. They have appropriately designed, implemented, analyzed and presented their research. Their findings are critical for the conservation management of the species. As such, the manuscript at hand is both important and suitable for publication in Diversity.
One important remark. Journal style has not been followed in both the text and the references section.
Other comments
Lines 414-415: decreased as individuals returned…
Lines 415-418: This sentence seems similar in meaning to the previous one. Please clarify or remove.
Line 457: Replace adjust to” with “represent”.
Line 458: prey species reached…
Author Response
The authors compared the use of a landfill site in Spain with the diet of red kites. They have appropriately designed, implemented, analyzed and presented their research. Their findings are critical for the conservation management of the species. As such, the manuscript at hand is both important and suitable for publication in Diversity.
One important remark. Journal style has not been followed in both the text and the references section.
Response: Thank you very much for your kind comments and for the effort to read and evaluate our manuscript. In the new version of the manuscript, we have followed all the journal's formatting guidelines, both in the text and in the references.
Other comments
Lines 414-415: decreased as individuals returned…
Response: corrected
Lines 415-418: This sentence seems similar in meaning to the previous one. Please clarify or remove.
Response: We have clarified this sentence, to differentiate between the number of individuals present in each period and the turnover pattern (flow of inflows and outflows).
Line 457: Replace adjust to” with “represent”.
Response: replaced
Line 458: prey species reached…
Response: corrected
Reviewer 2 Report
Overall a good and important study. A little attention to English needed in a few places.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
As above.
Author Response
Response: Thank you very much for your kind comments and for the effort to read and evaluate our manuscript. In the new version of the manuscript, the text has been revised by a native English speaker, so we hope it is now correct.