Coverage-adjusted estimators for mark-recapture in heterogeneous populations

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1215-1237

  Ashbridge, J ^a   Goudie, I B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capture recapture sampling; Jackknife estimator; Population size; Root mean square error; Sample coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344128627     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610910008813661     Document Type: Article

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