Hello Arjun,

I am not sure what you mean when referring to a ‚novel‘ method……..?

A common method to estimate populations (of whatever species) in the field is the so-called capture-recapture method and using the Lincoln-Peterson-method to estimate the size oft he population after two visits, assuming ‚closed‘ environment, though. Sometimes, it is also referred to as the ‚mark-and-recatpure’ method. Find more information here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_and_recapture

However, this is not a ‚novel‘ method, being used in ecology for quite some time. It is also used when counting ticks, e.g. in these papers that you might find helpful for further instrcutions:

Voordrouw et al PLos One 2015 Feb 17;10(2):e0118265. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118265. eCollection 2015

Le Coeur et al. Parasitol Res. 2015 Jun;114(6):2069-78. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4391-5. Epub 2015 Mar 1.

Simmons et al. J Med Entomol 2015 Nov;52(6):1260-9. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv132. Epub 2015 Sep

Hope this answers (part) of your question….. good luck with your research!

SR

I agree with Sibylle,

Also, in Ecological Methods of Southwood (2000) there are several techniques to measure the population.

I hope it serves you and the best for your research.

Book Ecological Methods 3rd edition

Thank you Sibylle Rahlenbeck and Jorge J. Rodríguez-Rojas for you suggestion.

Arjun