ESTIMATING NUMBER OF ANIMALS - A RAPID METHOD FOR UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS

被引:4
作者
HANSON, WR
机构
[1] Department of Zoology, California State College, Los Angeles
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D O I
10.1126/science.162.3854.675
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A proposed model yields the density of a mobile population from quick, cursory surveys in which the observer identifies none of the animals. When the spaces on which animals were seen are successively removed, the decline in the counts permits estimation of the average probability of seeing a given animal. The method showed promise in initial trials.
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