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Comment on Cowling's “Spatial Methods for Line Transect Surveys”
Author(s) -
Aldrin Magne,
Holden Marit,
Schweder Tore
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
biometrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.298
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1541-0420
pISSN - 0006-341X
DOI - 10.1111/1541-0420.00022
Subject(s) - transect , line (geometry) , function (biology) , biometrics , econometrics , computer science , statistics , geodesy , mathematics , geography , biology , artificial intelligence , ecology , evolutionary biology , geometry
Summary . We consider the problem of estimating the parameters of a two‐dimensional Neyman‐Scott process, from data collected through a line transect survey. Cowling (1998, Biometrics 54, 828–839) suggested an estimation method based on a one‐dimensional K‐function along the transect line. However, her expression for the theoretical K‐function is wrong. In this article, we correct her K‐function.