It is important to remember that just because your results are different from the results of
others it does not mean that you did something wrong. You should NOT discuss errors that you
may have made or things that you may have done wrong if they are not supported by evidence
from your study and verifiable information: this is not something that is included in scientific
papers in biology! Do not ramble on about potential errors or blame your research team for
unexpected results.
You should conclude with a final paragraph describing how your results apply to some
broader topic (most likely the topic that you first started your Introduction with). This should
expand your results to, for instance, all trees, all plants, the globe, etc., for a broad themed
conclusion. This should be on the same topic as the final “big picture” sentence of your Abstract.