bait station
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbaitandstation
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bait
noun
uk/beɪt/us/beɪt/
a small amount of food on a hook (= curved piece of wire) or in a special device used to attract and catch a fish ...
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station
noun[C]
uk/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition ofbaitandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This experiment was designed to test whetherbaitstationdesign affected bait matrix removal, not whether bait design affected bait discovery.
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Species richness at eachbaitstationper day was low, as we sampled ants at only 33% of all baits.
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Observations of flights of marked bees determined the direction from thebaitstationto the colony.
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This is a small step towardsbaitstationoptimization.
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In the present paper the term 'baitstation' refers to a plastic tube containing a cellulose source and hexaflumuron, as the active ingredient.
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A good understanding of termite foraging behaviour, and in particular food preferences, may contribute to the design of abaitstation'optimized' for termite foraging.
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The present study examined the effects of threebaitstationfactors: bait size (and related inspection frequency), compaction and composition, on termite foraging at artificial bait stations.
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Lai's first type of station was a 'baitstation' which contained wood and a pathogenic fungus, as an active ingredient.
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The results of the present study show that a change in the presentation of materials in thebaitstationcan have large effects on bait matrix removal.
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Possumbaitstationtracks are marked with pink plastic waymarks.
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The bait stations were replaced every year but attractants were replaced every two or three months.
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Foragers at bait stations were marked to allow timing of foraging trips.
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However, the unrealistic results could be predicted reliably, and explained by the lack of re-contact with the sampling devices (bait stations) - a violation of an assumption of the method.
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Litter present at the bait stations was brushed aside to ensure that the uncovered base of the bait was in contact with the soil surface.
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Plebeia frontalis was present in low numbers at six honey bait stations in one grid, at eight in another, and at one in a third in 1997.
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In addition, certain products are supplied in child-resistant bait stations.
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Bait stations loaded with the chemical will be deployed.
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Mice have not yet been successfully eradicated, though efforts to do so continue; meanwhile, numbers are kept low with the use of poison bait stations.
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