Some Mathematical Models for Line Transect Sampling
David R. Anderson, Kenneth P. Burnham, Bradford R. Crain · Biometrical Journal · 1985
Abstract 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 an estimator with interesting characteristics. This work was given a uniform mathematical framework in BURNHAM and ANDERSON (1976). In this paper we extend that mathematical framework to several different sampling models, and a number of interesting discrete probability distributions emerge.