ants<-c("Oecophylla smaragdina", "Pheidole spp.", "Monomorium destructor", "Paratechina longicornis", "Odontoponera denticulata", "Tapinoma melanocephalum", "Monomorium pharoensis") unburnt<-c(2957,2020,556, 445, 418, 401, 308) burnt<- c( 696, 1425, 445, 1450, 1256, 269, 476) data<-cbind(unburnt,burnt) barplot(data, ylab="Numbers of individuals", xlab="Dipterocarp forest condition") par(mfrow=c(2,2)) bardensity <- c(0,10,15,20,40,30,100) barangle <- c(45,135,0,90,45,130,90) barplot(data, ylab="Numbers of individuals", xlab="Dipterocarp forest condition", density=bardensity, angle=barangle, lwd=2, col="black") barplot(data, ylab="Numbers of individuals", xlab="Dipterocarp forest condition", sub="effects on ant abundance", col=c("black", "red", "blue", "green", "yellow", "grey50", "white")) #here we added a subtitle to the x axis using the sub argument plot.new() barplot(data, ylim=c(0,9500),ylab="Numbers of individuals", xlab="Dipterocarp forest condition", col=c("black","red","blue","green","yellow","grey50","white")) #legend ("top", ants, fill=c ("black", "red", "blue", "green", "yellow", "grey50", "white"), cex=0.7) legend ("top", ants, fill=c ("black", "red", "blue", "green", "yellow", "grey50", "white"), cex=0.7, text.font=3) plot.new() barplot(data, ylab="Numbers of individuals", xlab="Dipterocarp forest condition", xlim=c(0,4.2), col= c("black", "red", "blue", "green", "yellow", "grey50", "white")) legend ("right", ants, fill=c ("black", "red", "blue", "green", "yellow", "grey50", "white"), cex=0.7, text.font=3)