Calcium content and high calcium adaptation of plants in karst areas of southwestern Hunan, China

Wei, Xiaocong; Deng, Xiangwen; Xiang, Wenhua; Lei, Pifeng; Ouyang, Shuai; Wen, Hongfang; Chen, Liang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2991-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2991-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2991-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

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17 May 2018

Research article |

| 17 May 2018

Calcium content and high calcium adaptation of plants in karst areas of southwestern Hunan, China

Xiaocong Wei, Xiangwen Deng, Wenhua Xiang, Pifeng Lei, Shuai Ouyang, Hongfang Wen, and Liang Chen

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RC1: 'My comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Edited manuscript according to the comments by the reviewer.', Xiangwen Deng, 13 Jan 2018
AC1: 'Responses to Reviewers’ Comments', Xiangwen Deng, 10 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Calcium content and high calcium adaptation of plants in karst areas of southwestern Hunan, China” by Xiaocong Wei et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jan 2018
- AC3: 'Responses to Reviewers’ Comments', Xiangwen Deng, 23 Jan 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Jan 2018) by Sébastien Fontaine

AR by Xiangwen Deng on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Feb 2018) by Sébastien Fontaine

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Feb 2018) by Sébastien Fontaine

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Feb 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Mar 2018) by Sébastien Fontaine

AR by Xiangwen Deng on behalf of the Authors (29 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Apr 2018) by Sébastien Fontaine

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ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2018) by Sébastien Fontaine

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Karst is a kind of typical calcium-rich environment, which is widely distributed. We measured the Ca²⁺ content of 41 plant species, as well as soil total Ca²⁺ and exchange Ca²⁺. We found out that different plants have different ways to high Ca²⁺ adaptation. According to the different high Ca²⁺ adaptation of the 17 dominant species, we divided them into 3 categories: Ca-indifferent plants, high-Ca plants and low-Ca plants. Our results can provide a theoretical basis for vegetation restoration.