Controls on and consequences of specific leaf area variation with permafrost depth in a boreal forest

Cam Anderson1, Ben P Bond-Lamberty2, Maoyi Huang3, Yi Xu3 and James Stegen4, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Biological Sciences Division, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States