Revegetation on Tropical Steep Slopes after Mining and Infrastructure Projects: Challenges and Solutions
, Silvio Junio Ramos 1, Rayara do Socorro Souza da Silva 1, Daniela Boanares 1, Rafael Silva Guedes 1,†, CecÃlio Frois Caldeira 1, Priscila Sanjuan Medeiros-Sarmento 1, Arianne Flexa de Castro 1,2, Isabelle Gonçalves de Oliveira Prado 1, André Luiz de Rezende Cardoso 3, Clóvis Maurity 1 and Paula Godinho Ribeiro 1
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear Authors,
thankyou for this very interesting and usefull review. I have not found any problems in your work, and I limit myself to making only a few considerations and corrections:
line 136: in other cases the slope can on the other hand, create situations of perennial shading, removing light from plants or favoring cold microclimates.
Line 202 to 209: somewhat reductive consideration and not supported by bibliography. I believe that the form and type of landslides and slopes may also depend on the type of soil, the event that created the landslide, the climate and other factors.
Figure 4: due to its complexity, the figure risks not being taken into consideration. Too many lines overlap!! Isn't there another way to view relationships?
Line 437: can support (separate them)
Line 533: can also (separate them)
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Reviewer 2 Report
Focusing on vegetation restoration on steep slopes after mining and infrastructure projects: challenges and solutions, the paper systematically summarizes the following five aspects:
Challenges of steep slope revegetation;
Promising plants for steep slope revegetation;
The importance of microorganisms to enhance steep slope revegetation;
Soil conditioning and implementation strategies;
Ecological succession in natural steep slope ecosystems.
Based on literature research, the manuscript of the paper has carried out a lot of summary research, and the research results have certain necessity and importance, but there are still three deficiencies:
1. The abstract points out that the research purpose of the paper includes four aspects:
(i) specific challenges of step slope recovery,
(ii) ecological success patterns in similar environments,
(iii) strategies to enhance vegetation cover,
(iv) the functional plant traits necessary to establish on step slopes.
But in the text, there are actually five aspects:
Promising plants for steep slope revegetation
The importance of microorganisms to enhance steep slope revegetation
Soil conditioning and implementation strategies
Ecological succession in natural steep slope ecosystems
Challenges of steep slope revegetation
It is suggested to modify the summary to be consistent with the content in the text.
2. In the section of "Ecological success in natural step slope ecosystems", many scholars have proposed a "natural based vegetation restoration model", which is not mentioned in the text of the manuscript. It is suggested to supplement.
3. Many contents in the manuscript seem to be mainly aimed at vegetation restoration in tropical areas, so the title of the paper should be modified slightly, because these contents may be different for temperate and cold zones.
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