Dear authors,

The referees formulated a number of positive comments on your work and made some propositions to improve the quality of your text. You responded to most of these comments and proposed the modifications we wish to apply to the text. Therefore, I invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript. I will send it to the original referees for a check.

Regards,

Sébastien Fontaine

Dear Authors,

I read your responses to referee's comment and the new version of manuscript, and I am satisfied by the work done. I would simply ask you to use the relevant terms when you present your C storage data (as suggested by referee 2): deltaSOC should be used when you refer to change in SOC stock, and NCS (or NECB) when you refer to ecosystem C sequestration. Indeed, the results from these two methods might diverge in some ecosystems depending on the importance of specific fluxes (p.e. C leaching) that must be considered/evaluated.


Best regards,

Sébastien Fontaine

Dear authors,

your last corrections clearly clarify the concepts and limits of the two approaches that are compared in your study.

I have nothing to add and wish that this article will have the success it deserves.

Regards,

Sébastien Fontaine