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Rcapture (version 1.1)

Rcapture-package: Loglinear Models in Capture-Recapture Experiments

Description

Estimation of abundance and other demographic parameters for closed populations, open populations and the robust design in capture-recapture experiments using loglinear models.

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Details

ll{ Package: Rcapture Type: Package Version: 1.1 Date: 2008-01-28 License: GPL }

References

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