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To analyze:
The trends observed from the given graph; the trend that has been observed over time in the bee pollination date and in mean April temperature; the reason due to which the two trends moved in opposite directions and the significance of the difference in slope of the entire time period
versus the shorter time period, after 1970.
Given:
The scatter plots of the distribution, for the dates that are predicted for pollination by individual bee species, has been plotted in the top graph (between the years 1870–2010) and for the mean April air temperature (1900–2010) has been plotted in the bottom graph.
Introduction:
The scientists took 10 bee species and observed their pollination trends across North America. The trends between the pollination time by individual bee species and the flowering of plants during spring season was observed. These trends were also correlated with the mean air temperature of April (spring season occurs in North America during the April month). All these trends were observed for about 13 years.
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