Capture–recapture methods estimate the size of a population by repeatedly sampling individuals, marking or identifying them, and examining the overlap among capture occasions. Originally developed in ...

Cochran (1977) outlines eleven steps in the planning of a survey. Good sampling methods must exist in the environment of all of these steps. These steps are (1) a statement of the survey objectives, ...

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