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Estimating Population Size and Density Using Line Transect Sampling
Author(s) -
Anderson D. R.,
Burnham K. P.,
Crain B. R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710270702
Subject(s) - estimator , transect , statistics , sampling (signal processing) , distance sampling , mathematics , population , population size , line (geometry) , econometrics , computer science , ecology , biology , demography , geometry , filter (signal processing) , sociology , computer vision
ANDERSON and POSPAHALA (1970) investigated the estimation of wildlife population size using the belt or line transect sampling method and devised a correction for bias, thus leading to a class of estimators with desirable characteristics. This work was given a basic and rigorous mathematica framework by BURNHAM and ANDERSON (1976). In the present article we use this mathematical framework to develop an estimator of population size and density using weighted least squares. The approach is a two‐stage Method.