An Inherent Coordination between the Leaf Size and the Hydraulic Architecture of Angiosperm Trees

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Please carefully review the final draft. I found some minor mistakes (see my annotations in the manuscript) that may cause confusion.

 

 

L 4: There is an “and” and then an “&” in the authors list. Eliminate “and”.

 

Table 1: MAP means “Mean Annual Precipitation”, not “Mean Annual Temperature”.

 

L 135: MAP ranged from 544 to 1353 mm.

 

L 181: It reads “Fig.1”. It must read “Fig. 1a”.

 

L 182: It reads: “Fig.1a”. It must read “Fig. 1b”.

 

L 190: Replace T with MAT.

 

L 264: It reads: “…vessel diameters were normalized to eliminated the effect of vessel diameter…”. It must be in the infinitive form: “eliminate”.

 

L 289: “The farthest end of the distal twig is not the destiny of liquid water transport of tree hydraulic architecture, the mesophyll cell is.”  Replace “,” with “;”.

 

L 308: Same case as L 289.

 

L 317 and 318: “It is no doubt that xylem vessel in leaf are much smaller than that in branches, but it was much more vulnerable to embolism!”. Change to: “It is no doubt that xylem vessels in leaves are much smaller than those in branches, but they were much more vulnerable to embolism!”

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Reviewer 2 Report

This paper provides an important aspect of observing climate change at the individual level from tree to the leaf. The authors have experience in this field and appear to be well qualified to conduct this study. The paper reports novel results, is well written, and has appropriate figures. The structure of the manuscript is appropriate, has suitable quality control, and has up-to-date references. 

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