The Journal of Biogeography (Dec. 2003) published a study of ants in Mongolia (Central Asia). Botanists placed seed baits at five sites in the Dry Steppe region and six sites in the Gobi Desert and observed the number of ant species attracted to each site. These data are listed in the table on p. 438. Is there evidence to conclude that a difference exists between the average number of ant species found at sites in the two regions of Mongolia? Draw the appropriate conclusion using α = .05.

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GOBIANTS Site Region Number of Ant Species 1 Dry Steppe 3 Dry Steppe 3 Dry Steppe 52 4 Dry Steppe 7 Dry Steppe 5 Gobi Desert 49 7 Gobi Desert 5 8 Gobi Desert 4 9 Gobi Desert 4 10 Gobi Desert 11 Gobi Desert 4 3.