Dear Dulcinea and co-authors,

You will have seen that your manuscript has been evaluated by 2 referees, both of which have indicated that your work contains a lot of interesting new information that offers a promising first look at the potential of Poa flabellata as paleoclimate archives. However, both reviewers also see a need to clarify several aspects, be more specific in addressing how data from peat cores in such a system would be interpreted (disentangling the contribution of different drivers for d13C and d18O), and a range of specific suggestions and comments. Overall, however, I feel both reports are constructive and thoughtful, and I would therefore encourage you to submit a revised version along with a detailed point-by-point reply outlining if and how their suggestions were addressed.

With best regards,
Steven Bouillon

Dear Dulcinea,

Thank you for your revised version and detailed author replies. Your revised version has now been re-evaluated by one of the original reviewers - I agree with their conclusion that you did an excellent job to accommodate the suggestions and comments raised during the review process and support publication of the current version.

With best regards
Steven Bouillon