A new method for quantifying color of insects

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Lehnert, Matthew S ^a,b   Balaban, Murat O ^c   Emmel, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

butterfly comparison; color analysis; color quantification; digital image; Papilio glaucus

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIO GLAUCUS;

EID: 79960782003     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0212     Document Type: Article

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