Preference, complexity, and color information entropy values for visual depictions of plant and vegetative growth

HortTechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 625-634

  Kuper, Rob ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall foliage; Flowering; Plant growth; Senescence; Shannon s information entropy; Winter dormancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946028564     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: 19437714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.25.5.625     Document Type: Article

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