title: Comment on Cowling's "Spatial methods for line transect surveys".
abstract: We consider the problem of estimating the parameters of a two-dimensional Neyman-Scott process, from data collected through a line transect survey. Cowling (1998, Biometrics 54, 828-839) suggested an estimation method based on a one-dimensional K-function along the transect line. However, her expression for the theoretical K-function is wrong. In this article, we correct her K-function.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Computing Center, P.O. Box 114 Blindern, N-0314 Oslo, Norway. magne.aldrin@nr.no
authors.forename: Magne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aldrin
authors.forename: Marit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: Tore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schweder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D014907:Whales