Please let me know if the following references/sites are useful to you:

1.  rgsbio09 - 09 Lincoln Index

http://rgsbio09.wikispaces.com/09+Lincoln+Index

This estimate of population size is called the Lincoln Index. There are some assumptions behind this equation. What do you think are some of the assumptions?

2.  Population Sampling | BioNinja

http://ib.bioninja.com.au/options/option-c-ecology-and-conser/c5-population-ecology/population-sampling.html

The Lincoln index is used to estimate population size based on the capture-mark- release-recapture ... Lincoln Index: Estimated Population = (n1 × n2) ÷ n3.

3.  A Method of Population Estimation: Mark & Recapture

http://www.radford.edu/~jkell/mark_rec103.pdfFor this reason, ecologists generally ...

The methods ecologists use vary in their level of precision and difficulty of ... to as the Lincoln Index or the Petersen Index.

4.  Estimating population size using capture–recapture encounter

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00041.x/fullJul 8, 2010 ...

Methods in Ecology and Evolution .... of breeding red-winged blackbirds Agelaius phoeniceus and applied the Lincoln–Petersen estimator to ...

5.  Ecology | Physics Made Easy

https://physicsmadeeasy.wordpress.com/biology-notes/ecology/Ecology.

Ecosystem: a community of living organisms and the non-living (abiotic) ... The population size (N) can then be estimated using the Lincoln Index:.

Dennis

Dennis Mazur