abstract

As a part of the Writing in Biology class at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in spring of 2019, I made a figure showing an interspecific interaction between moss and a tree. Using my methods, another student created a copy of my figure. 13 differences were found between the two photos. These differences were in terms of how the figures were photographed and how they were formatted. From these differences, I inferred that the species of tree is different in both figures, and that the trees were photographed at different locations. The differences also demonstrated that there are multiple ways to format the figures while still adhering to the method section guidelines.