date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:35:58 -0300 from: "Manuel Nores" subject: MS 3883 to: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Dear members of the Editorial Board of Climatic Change: Ten months ago (December 4, 2007) I submitted to Climatic Change the manuscript Are bird populations in tropical and subtropical forest of South America affected by climate change? (MS 3883). After four months without news I asked Dr Katarina Kivel about the paper on several occasions and she answered me the following: April 30 This is to let you know that we are still trying to pry a sufficient number of reviews of your paper, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible. June 02 We are still trying to pry a sufficient number of reviews of your paper, so we need more time. Apologies for the delay. July 07 We hope to have comments in a few weeks. August 01 Apologies for the delay in the review of your manuscript on Bird Populations. Unfortunately, however, we are having problems transmitting the figures to the reviewers, and would very much appreciate your re-sending these in Word or PDF format or JPEG. August 19 After many attempts to get a sufficient number of reviews, we now have received two reviews, which I will call to Dr. Schneider's attention when he returns from travel next week, as he may have additional comments. Although favorable toward eventual publication, both reviewers have a number of general and specific comments that will need to be addressed in a revision. August 20 I'm afraid that I made an error in my response to your query. Actually, two reviews have been promised but not yet arrived. We will follow up on the reviewers right away and hope that we will indeed have good news. We regret the delay. After that I did not receive any responses. Does this usually occur during the reviewing process in this prestigious journal? Best regards Manuel Nores