Lincoln Index
The Lincoln index is a statistical measure used in several fields to estimate the population size of an animal species. Described by Frederick Charles Lincoln in , it is also sometimes known as the Lincoln-Petersen method after C.G. Johannes Petersen who was the first to use the related mark and recapture See more. Consider two observers who separately count the different species of plants or animals in a given area. If they each come back having found species but only particular species are found by both observers, then each See more. Sampling Theory Drake equation German tank problem Inter-rater reliability See more. Lincoln, Frederick C. May . Calculating Waterfowl Abundance on the Basis of Banding Returns. Circular. Vol. . Washington, See more. The Lincoln Index formalizes this phenomenon. If E and E are the number of species or words, or other phenomena observed by two See more. The Lincoln Index is merely an estimate. For example, the species in a given area could tend to be either very common
