Peer review report 1 On “The optimal stomatal response to atmospheric CO2 concentration: Alternative solutions, alternative interpretations”

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Peer review report

Peer review report 1 On “The optimal stomatal response to atmospheric CO2 concentration: Alternative solutions, alternative interpretations”

1. Original Submission 1.1. Recommendation Minor Revision 2. Comments to Author

line 32 Fitness is rather unclear in this connection. p.3. line 42 Brackets are missing in the equation, opening after integral and closing before dt. p.3 line 57 The term Ca is defined only in the figure p.4 line 62 - 64 saturating would be better than responding strongly. p.4. line 78 The measured points in the figure are needed for this argumentation. p.5 line 99 replace interpretations with formulation p.7 line 134 The daily variation in the Ca is rather independent of the Ca. Thus the argumentation is not valid

2.1. Recommendation Anonymous Minor Revision Available online 6 August 2015 3. Comments to Author The optimality approach is a power full tool to increase our understanding on pant metabolism and it should be used more. p.2

DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.019. 0168-1923/$ – see front matter http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.08.028