Sensitivity of colour indices for discriminating leaf colours from digital photographs

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1078-1085

  Mizunuma, Toshie ^a,b   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^a,c   Wingate, Lisa ^d   Ogée, Jérôme ^d   Nichol, Caroline ^a   Grace, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Colour index; Digital image; Green index; HSL; Hue; Leaf phenology; Munsell colour Chart; RGB; Spectral reflectance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939159881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12260     Document Type: Article

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