Water-use dynamics of an alien-invaded riparian forest within the summer rainfall zone of South Africa

Scott-Shaw, Bruce C.; Everson, Colin S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1553-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1553-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1553-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

Research article

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18 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 18 Mar 2019

Water-use dynamics of an alien-invaded riparian forest within the summer rainfall zone of South Africa

Bruce C. Scott-Shaw and Colin S. Everson

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Mar 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 28 May 2018)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comments on hess-2018-227', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jul 2018
- RC3: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Oct 2018
  - AC5: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Bruce Scott-Shaw, 05 Dec 2018
- AC3: 'Response to anonymous referee #1', Bruce Scott-Shaw, 05 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Timothy Dube, 03 Oct 2018
- AC4: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Bruce Scott-Shaw, 05 Dec 2018
RC4: 'Review of Water-use dynamics of an alien invaded riparian forest within the summer rainfall zone of South Africa by Scot-Shaw and Everson.', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Bruce Scott-Shaw, 05 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous referee #3', Bruce Scott-Shaw, 05 Dec 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (08 Dec 2018) by Dominic Mazvimavi

AR by Bruce Scott-Shaw on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (21 Jan 2019) by Dominic Mazvimavi

AR by Bruce Scott-Shaw on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The research undertaken for this study has allowed for an accurate direct comparison of indigenous and introduced tree water use. The measurements of trees growing in the understorey indicate significant water use in the subcanopy layer. The results showed that individual tree water use is largely inter-species specific. The introduced species remain active during the dry winter periods, resulting in their cumulative water use being significantly greater than that of the indigenous species.