Analysis of the Genetic Diversity and Mating System of the Endangered Plant Keteleeria davidiana var. calcarea

Round 1

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Reviewer 2 Report

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The article is well aimed at the current issue of biodiversity habitat. The aim of this study was to explore the genetic diversity and mating system of wild populations of Keteleeria davidiana var. calcarea in fragmented habitats endangered by weak natural regeneration ability and excessive logging.

I agree with the authors that genetic monitoring of different generations within populations is crucial. The results are applicable to the protection of biodiversity in natural ecosystems.

I consider the methodological part too brief for this type of article to be a certain shortcoming. I recommend the authors to better describe the vegetation communities at the research sites using the forestry botanical classification used in China.

Pay attention to the formal shortcomings that occur throughout the article: for example, on page 3, there is a completely confusing heading "Results" under the table, even though, in my opinion, the section Material and methods continues.

The order of the subsections in the following section is also marked incorrectly: 3. Discussion, 4.1 genetic diversity.

I suggest that the sentence "But the differentiation of the four clades is not well done" on p. 6 at the end should be formulated better scientifically.

Another deficiency, for example on p. 7 the use of a capital letter T in the middle of a sentence: Correspondingly, The three.

Similar errors continue to occur in the whole text. In my opinion, these formal details unnecessarily reduce the quality of an otherwise interesting article. I strongly recommend to the authors a thorough editing check of the entire text.

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Round 2

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