Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Factors of Non-Grain Cultivated Land in China’s Three Main Functional Grain Areas

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

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Author Response

Thank you for your timely and positive comments, those comments are valuable and very helpful. We have read through comments carefully and have made corrections. Based on the instructions provided in your letter, we uploaded the file of the revised manuscript. Revised portion are marked in red in the paper, the responses to the reviewer's comments are upload as an attachment.

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Reviewer 2 Report

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Author Response

Thank you for your timely and positive comments, those comments are valuable and very helpful. We have read through comments carefully and have made corrections. Based on the instructions provided in your letter, we uploaded the file of the revised manuscript. Revised portion are marked in red in the paper, the responses to the reviewer's comments are upload as an attachment.

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Reviewer 3 Report

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The quality of English is okay. There are some statements that need to be revised and improved for clarity of understanding of the readers.

Author Response

Thank you for your timely and positive comments, those comments are valuable and very helpful. We have read through comments carefully and have made corrections. Based on the instructions provided in your letter, we uploaded the file of the revised manuscript. Revised portion are marked in red in the paper, the responses to the reviewer's comments are upload as an attachment.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript can be published in its current form.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

   Thank you for your positive comments on the manuscript. We have proofread the manuscript carefully and revised the references section according to the format requirements of the journal.

  Once again, thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.

Reviewer 3 Report

The version 2 has been improved. However, I noticed that the citation format is not according to Sustainability journal format.

Englis writing quality is fine. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

   Thank you for your positive comments on the manuscript. We have proofread the manuscript carefully and revised the references section according to the format requirements of the journal, and revised portion are marked with track changes. 

  Once again, thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.