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The resulting dataset of our analysis presented in this paper are available at Zenodo16 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18396814). The CLM5 simulation output by Lai et al.4 is available online (https://doi.org/10.7298/mxg9-7176). The flux data are available from the FLUXNET2015 dataset (https://fluxnet.org/data/fluxnet2015-dataset/) and the LBA dataset (https://daac.ornl.gov/LBA/guides/CD32_Fluxes_Brazil.html). The data of PAR, VPD and LRU of carbonyl in Hyytiälä, Finland is sourced from Zenodo17 (https://zenodo.org/records/1211481#.XB4Lb9IzbIU).
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42401426) and the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong (2024B1212070012). J.W. was supported by HKU Science Faculty RAE Improvement Fund and the Innovation and Technology Fund (funding support to State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology).
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Tian, J., Huang, X., Chen, H. et al. The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production.
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