Interactive comment on “Changes in carbon stocks of Fagus forest ecosystems along an altitudinal gradient on Mt. Fanjingshan in Southwest China” by Qiong Cai et al

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Author	Cai, Qiong
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	The manuscript could a contribution of interest for Biogeosciences and in principle within its specific scope but it is not suitable for publication in this form. The Authors have made a great effort in collecting many data, but the experimental design is not appropriate to the proposed objectives. In addition, statistical analysis of data is poor and misused because the statistical results do not confirm what the Authors reported as main findings. The Authors have completely neglected spatial variability in both soil and forest cover. Organic carbon content in soils is strongly dependent on the soil properties and particularly, on soil texture. The Authors should provide at least the main soil properties of the nine areas to show their homogeneity. Such an implicit assumption of homogeneity cannot hold with no information on soil properties. The nine
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