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Monitoring the number of animals in a wildlife population is an important task. In this paper, we estimate the number of active and successful bald eagle nests in a specific region using dual frame sampling techniques. The dual frame method combines independent samples from an incomplete list frame and an area frame that is assumed to be complete. Hartley's screening estimator is used to combine sample information from both frames. This methodology will be useful for monitoring any wildlife population where the breeding individuals have highly visible nesting territories which tend to be stable over many years.
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Haines, D.E., Pollock, K.H. Estimating the number of active and successful bald eagle nests:an application of the dual frame method. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 5, 245–256 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009673403664
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