3.1.1. Maximum TL (TL,max)

Ranking the traits according to KS (Figure 1), the most dominant one was lt, followed by g1 and VCMAX,25. In the case of the leaf albedos (αPAR and αNIR) and β values, the two distribution functions were overlapping and the KS value was negligible, i.e., the traits did not have a large effect on TL,max. The group containing the trait sets that did not result in thermal damage (i.e., TL,max < TCRIT) had lower lt, higher g1 and higher VCMAX,25. For values lower than 55 μmol m–2s–1 (i.e., those typically observed in trees in mid-to-high latitudes; shaded range), the importance of VCMAX,25 decreases as evidenced by the two empirical distribution functions overlapping for such parameter values. The same behavior was shown by g1, the influence of which diminishes for values higher than 4 kPa0.5.

#### 3.1.2. Cumulated Anet (Anet,cum) and Maximum Anet (Anet,max)

Anet,cum was dominated by VCMAX,25, followed by g1 and lt. Higher values of VCMAX,25 led to higher Anet,cum. Similarly, the group with higher Anet,cum presented higher values of g1 and lt up to values of 11 kPa0.5 and 0.1 m, respectively, above which the effect of these parameters on Anet,cum shifted. Similar results were obtained regarding Anet,max (Figure 1, third row).
