Native Plant Production in Chile. Is It Possible to Achieve Restoration Goals by 2035?
, Carolina Álvarez-Maldini 2, R. Kasten Dumroese 3, Jan R. Bannister 4, Eduardo Cartes 1 and Marta González 1Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript is well written, and it could be published in Land Journal. Authors developed a good analysis of Native plant production in Chile fore reforestation and they defined three important perspective. The conclusion is that Chile would need 32 and 161 years to meet its restoration pledge. General and specific comments are as follows:
General comment:
Manuscript is carefully written, and it is potentially suitable to publish in Land Journal after authors make some minor changes. Authors should make sure about the units and the complete name of species. Also, authors should give more explanations about the next conclusion “Chile would need 32 and 161 years to meet its restoration pledge”.
Specific comments:
Abstract
L14. “ha” instead “hectares".
L21. Please, add the time “2017-2020 or 2016-2019” because it will depend when article will be published.
- Introduction
Good job. The introduction is so good.
L34. “ha” instead “hectares". L43. The same.
L44. “t” instead “ton".
L56. “ha” instead “hectares".
Please, make sure about the using for hectare or ha.
- Materials and methods
L85—89. Please, add a reference for this paragraph.
L94. Good. It should be place in the abstract section “2016-2019”.
L114. Maybe a small paragraph to describe the method should be place in this section.
- Results and discussion
L124—125. Please, provide the complete description of species and then do the same for the entire manuscript. I recommend using this link (http://www.theplantlist.org) to check the complete name of species.
L126—135. Please, do the same for all species scientific name. L231. The same.
L237. “from” instead “of".
L139—140. Please use a group of parentheses “(1) in larger volume …, (2) …, and (3) as …”
- Conclusions
Please, put together the conclusions in only one paragraph.
Author Response
Thank you for your insightful comments and suggestions. We have attended to them and are certain our paper is better as a result. In addition to your comments, we also critically reviewed the entire manuscript again to ensure consistent use of terms, proper use of English, and fix any typographical errors that were still present. We also added a new Figure 1 in response to the Associate Editor’s request.
General comment:
Manuscript is carefully written, and it is potentially suitable to publish in Land Journal after authors make some minor changes. Authors should make sure about the units and the complete name of species. Also, authors should give more explanations about the next conclusion “Chile would need 32 and 161 years to meet its restoration pledge”
Response: Throughout the manuscript we have clarified how current efforts will not allow Chile to successfully meet its pledged forest restoration obligations in desired timeframes. Indeed, instead of success by 2035, results will not be achieved until 2052 and 2181, 32 and 161 years later.
Specific comments:
Abstract
L14. “ha” instead “hectares".
Response # 1: “hectares” has been changed to “ha”
L21. Please, add the time “2017-2020 or 2016-2019” because it will depend when article will be published
Response # 2: It was added (2016-2019) in L21.
- Introduction
Good job. The introduction is so good.
L34. “ha” instead “hectares". L43. The same.
Response # 3: “hectares” has been changed to “ha” in lines 34 and 43
L44. “t” instead “ton".
Response # 4: “ton” has been changed to “t”
L56. “ha” instead “hectares".
Response # 5: “hectares” has been changed to “ha”
Please, make sure about the using for hectare or ha.
Response # 6: “ha” is used through the manuscript
- Materials and methods
L85—89. Please, add a reference for this paragraph.
Response # 6: The reference has been added.
L94. Good. It should be place in the abstract section “2016-2019”.
Response # 7: It was added (2016-2019) in L21.
L114. Maybe a small paragraph to describe the method should be place in this section.
Response # 8: This paragraph corresponds to a development of suggestions to increase the pace of the plant production in Chile. This was developed using the information obtained from the methods described above. Thus, there is no specific method applied here.
Results and discussion
L124—125. Please, provide the complete description of species and then do the same for the entire manuscript. I recommend using this link (http://www.theplantlist.org) to check the complete name of species.
Response # 9: Now all species have a complete name using (http://www.theplantlist.org)
L126—135. Please, do the same for all species scientific name. L231. The same.
Response # 10: Now all species have a complete name using (http://www.theplantlist.org)
L237. “from” instead “of".
Response # 11: “of” has been changed to “from”
L139—140. Please use a group of parentheses “(1) in larger volume …, (2) …, and (3) as …”
Response # 12: The parentheses has been added
- Conclusions
Please, put together the conclusions in only one paragraph.
Response # 13: the conclusions has been changed to one paragraph.
Reviewer 2 Report
The article is well-written and is fit for the Land Journal. To improve the quality of the presentation I have the following comments:
Line2-3: Please follow the journal format and use the upper case for each word in the title, subtitles and headings, and subheadings.
Also, the same comment for line 116 and 174
Line 33: [2,3]
Line 39: [5,6]
Line 52: owned by please delete "my"
Line 59: it should be "land restoration" which is more general since landscape restoration make the reader thinks you mean urban landscapes or may native landscapes
Line 138: * Cactus, ...
May you please explain each of these in intro or methods maybe between line 105-110 clarifying that covered root data comes from x, y, z methods ...
Figure 1: Please add the labels (A) and (B) to the images
Line 259: Is this a reference? or just a location of the production nurseries that you collect the data from?
Figure 2: Please add the labels (A) and (B) to the images or indicate in the caption A for left and B for right
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Author Response
Thank you for your insightful comments and suggestions. We have attended to them and are certain our paper is better as a result. In addition to your comments, we also critically reviewed the entire manuscript again to ensure consistent use of terms, proper use of English, and fix any typographical errors that were still present. We also added a new Figure 1 in response to the Associate Editor’s request.
Line2-3: Please follow the journal format and use the upper case for each word in the title, subtitles and headings, and subheadings.
Also, the same comment for line 116 and 174.
Response # 1: Titles, subtitles, headings and subheading are now according to format.
Line 33: [2,3]
Response # 2: “[2, 3]” has been changed to “[2,3]”
Line 39: [5,6]
Response # 3: [5, 6] has been changed to “[5,6]”
Line 52: owned by please delete "my"
Response # 4: “My” was deleted
Line 59: it should be "land restoration" which is more general since landscape restoration make the reader thinks you mean urban landscapes or may native landscapes
Response # 5: “landscapes restoration” has been changed to “land restoration”
Line 138: * Cactus, ...
Response # 6: cactus was changed according to the suggestion
May you please explain each of these in intro or methods maybe between line 105-110 clarifying that covered root data comes from x, y, z methods ...
With all due respect, we are not sure exactly what the reviewer is asking for, especially as it pertains to “covered root data.”
Response # 7:
Figure 1: Please add the labels (A) and (B) to the images
Response # 8: Labels (A) and (B) were added to Figure 1 but note this is now Figure 2.
Line 259: Is this a reference? or just a location of the production nurseries that you collect the data from?
Response # 9: Biobío región 2015, corresponds to the location where data was collected during 2015. We have clarified this in the text and in the table.
Figure 2: Please add the labels (A) and (B) to the images or indicate in the caption A for left and B for right
Response # 10: Labels (A) and (B) were added to Figure 2 but note this is now Figure 3.
This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.
