Petersen Capture-Recapture Population Estimation

Petersen Capture-Recapture Population Estimation

The Petersen capture-recapture formula is a fundamental ecological tool used to estimate the size of a population when a direct count is impractical or impossible. This method is particularly valuable for studying wildlife populations that are mobile, widely dispersed, or difficult to observe directly, such as fish in a large lake or elusive mammals in a vast forest.