Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps

Response to comments by Referee #1
1.   Survey site markers in Fig 2 are too small.
Survey site markers have been increased in size.
2.   How were a
n
(x) and b
n
(x) computed?  If they were computed
      empirically this should be stated in the text.
Yes, a
n
(x) and b
n
(x) were computed empirically. The relevant section
now reads: “The quantities a
n
(x)  and b
n
(x)  were derived empirically,
by calculating, for each visit and both survey types, the proportion of
patches in which x species had been seen by visit n. For example, after
three different day surveys, there were eight patches in which 17 species
had been discovered, so a
3
(17) = 8/38 = 0.21.”