The authors did well in accommodating the referee comments. Just a few minor
corrections remain.
Steven Sleutel, Associate editor

L193 insert space between MS and column
L258 delete ‘seemed to’. I follow your argumentation about significant
and biologically meaningful
L260 ‘tested’
L290 delete ‘a’, dynamics is plural
L297 This sentence is still poorly formulated, please rephrase more clearly
L301 omit comma after ‘rates’
L303 omit comma after ‘study’
L307-308 Poorly formulated sentence. Please rephrase

Dear authors,
Some style-related comment remains.
Associate Editor

The reference list still needs to be adjusted to SOIL's style: periods after initials, abbreviated journal names, commas between journal name, volume number, page numbers and year of publication, colons after author names. No '&' but 'and'

Add periods after author initials in the 'Author contributions' section.

Fig. 2C: y-axis: °C instead of C, replace 'mai' by 'May', Fig2B: a unit is missing for moisture index (-)

Tables: Seperate 'N' from the units by a space: 'mg N kg-1', not 'mgN kg-1'

Equations: 'Equations: These should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals in parentheses on the right-hand side, i.e. (1), (2), etc. If too long, split them accordingly. If there are chemical formulae included, i.e. reactions, please number them (R1), (R2), etc. When using WORD, the equation editor and not the graphic mode should be used under all circumstances.'

Final minor corrections have been implemented.
Publish as is.
AE