Dear Authors,
Thank you very much for your thorough replies to the reviews. As mentioned by both reviewers, the manuscript would benefit from shortening the discussion and focusing more on the main findings. The revised manuscript version should also include more plant physiological explanations for your tree-species specific differences in the xylem water isotopic composition. In your revised manuscript, the applied extraction methods and their pros and cons should also be discussed in more detail and how they might have affected your results. As reviewer 1 suggested, I would also encourage you to move away from trying to disprove the ecohydrological separation idea but focus more on your actual findings and their interpretation.
I am looking forward to your revised manuscript version.
Best,
Natalie Orlowski

Dear Authors,
Thank you very much for your revised manuscript version. It has improved a lot and you have replied to the reviewer's comment in great detail.
I would suggest one last change to be made: Could you please replace the bright green color in all the figures (e.g. for the left panels of the figure on p.16)?
Some figures (and their legends) are a bit small, please pay attention to this during the article's post-processing.
Best regards,
Natalie Orlowski