Table 4. Results for population size estimation with fully independent data.
| Sample period | 1985_11 | 1986_01 | 1986_03 | 1986_11 | 1987_01 |
| Reference | 183 | 165 | 155 | 106 | 74 |
| f1 | 48 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 21 |
| f2 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 14 |
| f3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
| f4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 5 |
| f5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| f6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| f7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| f8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S | 68 | 80 | 96 | 70 | 51 |
| ptr | 0.092 | 0.122 | 0.171 | 0.259 | 0.451 |
| CV | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.21 | 0.57 |
| LP | 128.23 (82.01–174.45) | 98.75 (83.99–113.51) | 108.77 (98.18–119.36) | 91.75 (74.14–109.36) | 56.11 (49.89–62.33) |
| MLP | 144.91 (117.64–172.21) | 114.03 (105.64–122.42) | 131.52 (125.30–137.73) | 113.09 (102.67–123.50) | 75.25 (70.47–80.03) |
| MPE | 131.19 (94.46–167.93) | 103.27 (89.96–116.58) | 114.35 (106.47–122.23) | 121.22 (86.78–155.66) | 72.00 (64.89–79.12) |
| MARK Appropriate | 115 (93–156) | 114 (96–151) | 123 (110–150) | 89 (80–107) | 69 (59–96) |
| MARK Mh IntJK | 155 (124–205) | 120 (102–155) | 138 (118–178) | 97 (85–121) | 68 (59–90) |
| MARK Mh ME | 145 (104–232) | 111 (95–149) | 128 (111–170) | 91 (79–119) | 67 (57–95) |
| CARE Mh SC1 | 163.0 (117.15–255.15) | 120.2 (99.81–152.76) | 125.2 (112.21–145.04) | 98.6 (86.09–122.96) | 71.9 (60.47–92.32) |
| CARE Mh SC2 | 131.8 (98.94–204.51) | 110.3 (93.63–137.48) | 119.8 (107.22–137.58) | 86.2 (76.85–103.10) | 64.2 (54.41–82.27) |
| CARE Mh EE | 145 (107.46–215.22) | 113 (96.94–138.09) | 116.2 (106.06–130.99) | 91.9 (81.79–107.69) | 67.2 (57.92–82.05) |
| Tr. Geometric Distribution | 246 (182–347) | 168 (143–200) | 150 (137–165) | 164 (135–204) | 83 (73–96) |
| Finite Mixtures | 117.51 (94.2–161.58) | 96.06 (88.06–111.98) | 101.43 (98.07–110.24) | 88.83 (79.38–107.82) | 55.12 (52.29–64.19) |
| CARE/GSRUN | 116.47 (93.68–159.49) | 106.88 (90.16–151.15) | 109.05 (100.11–137.45) | 89.81 (80.08–108.93) | 55.33 (52.47–63.74) |
fk: number of individuals captured k times. S: number of distinct individuals captured. ptr: daily threshold capture probability for which 95% of individuals are expected to be included in the reference population. CV: coefficient of variation (degree of heterogeneity). LP: Lincoln-Petersen; MLP: Multiple Lincoln-Petersen; MPE: Mean Petersen estimate; IntJK: Interpolated jackknife; ME: Moment estimator; SC1: Sample coverage 1; SC2: Sample coverage 2; EE: Estimating equation.
The 95%-confidence interval is shown in brackets. Estimations that cover the reference population size are highlighted in bold.