Dear Editors and Reviewers,Thank you for your letter and comments on our manuscript titled “Temporal variability in soil moisture after thinning in semi-arid Picea crassifolia plantations in northwestern China” (FORECO_2017_459). These comments helped us improve our manuscript, and provided important guidance for future research. We have addressed the editors and the reviewers comments to the best of our abilities, and revised text to meet the Forest Ecology and Management style requirem
