Testing objective metrics for the differentiation of coat colours in a Spanish Alpaca population

Fibre Production in South American Camelids and Other Fibre Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-84

  Bartolome E ^a   Sanchez M J ^a   Pena F ^b   Horcado, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CIELab colourimetric system; Colour chart; Fleece classification; Lamapacos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967214566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-727-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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