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On a Basic Assumption in the Line Transect Method |
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| Authors: | A R Sen G E J Smith G Butler |
| Abstract: | This paper deals with one of the basic assumptions made in estimating population density by the line transect sampling method. Theory has been developed in this paper for estimating, density using a gamma distribution. The results have been applied to data on ruffed grouse. |
| Keywords: | Transect sampling gamma distribution ML method method of moments interpenetrating sub-samples |