differentiate light from other gradients in discussion of tree growth rates
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from R2: "In the first part of Section 5.1, the authors conclude this paragraph stating the 'dominant role of vertical profiles in microclimate in shaping tree growth rates'. However, I believe the text has confused the very large effect of light with other aspects of forest microclimate, and they very much need to clarify this. If they believe other aspects of microclimate apart from light are drivers, then I believe this would be a minority opinion in the forest biology community. If they wish to speculate about other microclimate factors that cannot be disentangled from light, I suggest that they clearly indicate their opinion and speculation. It is perhaps an area for future research to disentangle light microclimate from aspects of vertical microclimate."
@NidhiVinod , this makes sense. We'll want to revisit the text of 5.1 (and anywhere else) to clarify what we believe is linked to light vs other microclimate conditions, and where more research is needed. I should help with this.
from R2: "In the first part of Section 5.1, the authors conclude this paragraph stating the 'dominant role of vertical profiles in microclimate in shaping tree growth rates'. However, I believe the text has confused the very large effect of light with other aspects of forest microclimate, and they very much need to clarify this. If they believe other aspects of microclimate apart from light are drivers, then I believe this would be a minority opinion in the forest biology community. If they wish to speculate about other microclimate factors that cannot be disentangled from light, I suggest that they clearly indicate their opinion and speculation. It is perhaps an area for future research to disentangle light microclimate from aspects of vertical microclimate."
This was actually just a very simple wording fix.
@NidhiVinod , from the discussion yesterday, it sounded like you felt a need to give this more thorough review in other parts of the manuscript. I will leave this issue open as a reminder of that, but will count my part as solved unless you let me know you need anything else from me.
@NidhiVinod , you can close this issue if you're satisfied.
@NidhiVinod , you can close this issue if you're satisfied.
@teixeirak, ecology section looks good! I need to added some information about canopy die-back in the warming section but I'll close this issue for now