Capture-recapture methods

Applications of Capture-Recapture Methods ARCH06V40N1_I

Applications of capture-recapture procedures go back to at least 1896, to the work of Petersen [1896], who was interested in the size of fish populations. Another early paper by Lincoln [1930] was concerned with waterfowl. The method gets its name from such applications concerned with estimating the number of fish in a pond, or more generally, estimating the population size of various species i...

Capture–recapture sampling designs

The use of capture-recapture methods in public health.

To make policy on disease control and to put it into practice, public health officials need to know the size and composition of target populations. Incidence and prevalence estimates provide the foundation for the design and evaluation of essential health programmes. Compulsory reporting to registers is the broadest approach to obtaining these estimates, but it is expensive and the goal of comp...

Counting with Combined Splitting and Capture–Recapture Methods

Editorial--Recent developments in capture-recapture methods and their applications.

In recent years capture-recapture methods have experienced important theoretical developments. New application areas have been added to their spectrum, in turn supporting new developments on the methodological side. Hence it appears appropriate to take a closer look at some of these developments. This is the objective of this special theme in the current issue of the Biometrical Journal. The co...