A phenomenological method based on the natural orbital representation
is applied to construct the ground-state one-body density matrix which
describes correctly both density and momentum distributions in He-4,
O-16 and Ca-40 nuclei. The parameters of the matrix are fixed by a bes
t fit to the experimental density distribution and to the correlated n
ucleon momentum distribution. The method allows the natural orbitals,
the occupation probabilities and the depletion of the Fermi sea to be
obtained. Ground-state characteristics of 4He, O-16 and Ca-40 nuclei,
such as rms radii and mean kinetic energies are calculated, as well.