Mark and recapture: Difference between revisions

The literature on the analysis of capture-recapture studies has blossomed since the early 1990s. There are very elaborate statistical models available for the analysis of these experiments. A simple model which easily accommodates the three source, or the three visit study, is to fit a [[Poisson regression]] model. Sophisticated mark-recapture models can be fit using Recapture [http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcapture/index.html], a package of the Open Source [[R programming language]], or specialized programs such as MARK [http://www.warnercnr.colostate.edu/~gwhite/mark/mark.htm] or M-SURGE [http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/biom/Logiciels.htm]. The other related methods which are often used, include Jolly-Seber method (used in open populations and for multiple census estimates) and Schnabel estimates (described above as an expansion to the Lincoln-Petersen method for closed populations). These are described in detail by Sutherland.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}