Conclusions

You should include a brief conclusion (usually no more than a paragraph). This section “ties up all of the loose ends” by reiterating the findings that you came up with while you were discussing your data and the assignment questions. Do not reference here, and do not include any new information that you have not discussed previously.

Here’s a conclusion to study in which we didn’t find what we were expecting. We thought these NZ orchids would mimic fungi, to fool fungivorous insects into visiting and accidentally pollinating orchids. Instead, when modelled into a fly vision system, the orchid colours looked nothing like fungi colours!

Kelly, M. M. & Gaskett, A.C. (2014). UV reflectance but no evidence for colour mimicry in a putative brood-deceptive orchid Corybas cheesemanii. Current Zoology, 60, 104-113.