title: The limits to leaf and root plasticity: what is so special about specific root length?
authors.affiliation: IBG-2 Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425, Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Poorter
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ryser
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: acclimation; biomass allocation; light; nutrients; plasticity; specific leaf area; specific root length; whole-plant approach