Capture-recapture and removal methods for sampling closed populations
By: Gary C. White, David R. Anderson, Kenneth P. Burnham, and David L. Otis
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Abstract
The problem of estimating animal abundance is common in wildlife management and environmental impact asessment. Capture-recapture and removal methods are often used to estimate population size. Statistical Inference From Capture Data On Closed Animal Populations, a monograph by Otis et al. (1978), provides a comprehensive synthesis of much of the wildlife and statistical literature on the methods, as well as some extensions of the general theory. In our primer, we focus on capture-recapture and removal methods for trapping studies in which a population is assumed to be closed and do not treat open-population models, such as the Jolly-Seber model, or catch-effort methods in any detail. The primer, written for students interested in population estimation, is intended for use with the more theoretical monograph.
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White, G.C., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Otis, D.L., 1982, Capture-recapture and removal methods for sampling closed populations, 13 p.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | Capture-recapture and removal methods for sampling closed populations |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Publisher location | Los Alamos, NM |
| Description | 13 p. |