par(mfrow=c(1,3)) #divide plot area in 1 row and 3 columns to have 3 plots in same figure plot(Galumna ~ WatrCont, data = mites, xlab = 'Water content', ylab='Abundance') boxplot(WatrCont ~ pa, data = mites, xlab='Presence/Absence', ylab = 'Water content') plot(prop ~ WatrCont, data = mites, xlab = 'Water content', ylab='Proportion') par(mfrow=c(1,1)) #resets to default setting