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Dear Authors,
I am pleased to inform you that the article is recommended for publication.
[# PeerJ Staff Note - this decision was reviewed and approved by Gerard Lazo, a PeerJ Section Editor covering this Section #]
I have improved the English in some areas but otherwise fine.
Excellent understanding and use of germination, speed of germination.
References and background are fine.
Very good professionalism throughout.
The manuscript was self-contained as you define it.
This was all good.
This is fine.
The manuscript entitled "Acidity and availability of aluminum, iron, and manganese as factors affecting germination in European acidic dry and alkaline xerothermic grasslands" study the germination ecology of 10 species from acidic dry grasslands and 10 species from alkaline xerothermic grasslands.
The paper is very interesting. English is written correctly.
The materials and methods section is written clearly and in detail.
The results are also explanatory and clearly written.
Conclusions are well stated, linked to the original research question & limited to supporting results.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
The introduction has a review appropriate to the topic. The hypotheses are valid and the scientific questions are related to the hypotheses.
The materials and methods used were adequate. The selection of botanical material was judicious, preliminary tests aimed at reducing uncontrolled errors. The experimental design followed scientific rigor.
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The results were satisfactorily presented and discussed.
Several data were generated by the experiments and analyzed by parametric, non-parametric and multivariate statistical methods.
The research findings brought new knowledge about xerothermic germination in European grasslands.
The conclusions are supported by the research developed.
The article is recommended for publication.
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