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Question: Does anyone have information on the probability that is used in the 
estimation of animals for conservation/environment purposes, such as capture-
mark-release-capture method?  Addresses or books as sources would be equally 
helpful.
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See Section 3.2 in "Elementary Applications of Probability Theory" 
by  H. C. Tuckwell (Chapman and Hall, Pub., ISBN 0412304805 also in paperback 
with last 3 digits 902).  The hypergeometric distribution is applied and the 
discussion gives a maximum likelihood estimator and formulation of confidence 
intervals.
Tom Elsner
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