Flooding and Soil Properties Control Plant Intra- and Interspecific Interactions in Salt Marshes
, Guido Incerti 1, Ole Pedersen 2, Natasha Moro 1, Alessandro Foscari 1, Valentino Casolo 1, Marco Contin 1 and Francesco Boscutti 1
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript of Pellegrini and co-authors addresses an interesting issue, namely plant-plant interactions under harsh environmental conditions. The work is pioneer in the sense that, the experimental conditions were set up in natural ecosystems. Also, the topic is yet understudied. Although complementary approaches must follow this research, in my opinion, the approach used and the data produced are sufficiently robust to be published in Plants. I should highlight the overall quality of the text and the robustness of the discussion. In my view, this MS should be immediately accepted for publication. I also attach the annotated MS with minor suggestions.
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Author Response
We thank the reviewer for the positive comments and the suggestions to the text. We revised the manuscript accordingly. We are glad the manuscript was of his/her interest.
Reviewer 2 Report
The abstract clearly presents the content of the article.
The experimental procedures are clear and provide an advance in current knowledge being in correlation with other studies.
The figures are clear, easy to interpret and understand.
The conclusions are logical and present the main ideas.
The references are relevant and contain recent publications.
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Author Response
We thank the reviewer for the positive comments. We are glad the manuscript was of his/her interest.
