Predicting the Potential Habitat Distribution of Relict Plant Davidia involucrata in China Based on the MaxEnt Model
, Wenting Li 1, Hongxia Cui 2, Yunrui Song 2, Changyong Liu 3, Qing Yan 3, Yaoxing Wu 1, Yihang Jia 1, Lizheng Fang 1 and Lianghua Qi 1,*Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
General comments:
The subject of the study and the research are relevant. However, clear hypotheses are needed to enrich the discussion. Details in the methodology are lacking to clearly understand the study. The discussion and conclusion need to clearly show the relevance and use of the study in forest management.
Introduction/Objectives
In general, the introduction is clear and all the elements needed to understand the study are there. Add other paragraph with international literature between the 1st and 2nd paragraph (there not link). Suggestions have been made to improve fluidity/ease of reading. It would be good to add hypotheses to the research questions. Add more international references, I provide some of them
Methods
This section needs to be improved to understand the choice of sampling sites, the sampling of communities and the analyses carried out. Add a study area section. Add a map.
Results
This section is clear and highlights the relevant elements of the analyses.
Discussion
The discussion needs to be improved.
Add study limitations, management implications and more international literature.
Specific comments:
L85-91: Add hypothesis
L141” not use abbreviation in the figure, put the name of all the variables or add it in the caption.
Merge Figure 3 and 4.
L301-302. Add this reference
Girona, M. M., Aakala, T., Aquilué, N., Bélisle, A. C., Chaste, E., Danneyrolles, V., ... & Gauthier, S. (2023). Challenges for the sustainable management of the boreal forest under climate change. In Boreal Forests in the face of climate change: sustainable management (pp. 773-837). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
L301-302. Add 2 or 3 sentence more about it.
L366. How? Explain more and develop more… add references
Comments on the Quality of English Language
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
Dear authors,
I hope that you will find my comments and suggestions useful. Please improve the quality of all your figures, since they are unreadable.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
The manuscript is a significant contribution in the field of habitat suitability modeling of Davidia involucrata in China using Maxent along with many ecological variables. Studies are of significant importance in the field of biodiversity conservation, especially for Relict Plant species context. Authors have used the best possible combination of specific variables for modeling the species. I have some suggestions for the improvement of the manuscript.
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Comments on the Quality of English Language
Minor editing required
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
Based on the improvements make by the Authors, I accept the paper in the current form for publication
Comments on the Quality of English Language
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