Your code did not run on my computer, however the "atop" function should do what you are looking for I guess. This is more or less your axis, only changed a bit in your formula, think it looks better this way:
e.g. par(mar=c(5,7,.5,.5), las=1, adj=.5, cex.lab=1.5) plot(1, type="n" , xlab="Week" , ylab=expression(atop("Mean Respisration Rate", umol%.%L^-1%.%g~(AFDM)^-1) )) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/braking-a-label-in-two-lines-when-using-expression-tp4605716p4606414.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.