Does colour matter? The importance of colour in avoidance learning, memorability and generalisation

By A. D. Ham, E. Ihalainen, L. Lindström, J. Mappes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2006

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Role of different colours of aposematic insects in learning, memory and generalization of naïve bird predators (2009, background): “In contrast, Ham et al. (2006) found that wild-caught great tits generalized their conditioned avoidance of both the yellow and red artificial prey items to novel orange stimuli; the colours were thus generalized symmetrically.”
Direction and strength of selection by predators for the color of the aposematic wood tiger moth (2011, methodology): “The avoidance learning experiment was conducted in cages (plywood, 50 3 50 3 70 cm, w 3 d 3 h) at Konnevesi Research Station (see e.g., Ham et al. 2006).”
Learning about aposematic prey (2016, background): “2006) but also how they remember warning signals (Roper and Redston 1987; Ham et al. 2006), how they generalize their experiences (Gamberale-Stille and Tullberg 1999; Darst and Cummings 2006), and how they initially respond”
Body size evolution in insects with different colouration strategies: the role of predation risk (2009, unknown): “Numerous researchers have used artificial models of insect prey in predation experiments (e.g. Ham et al. 2006, Koh and Menge 2006, Ihalainen et al. 2007, Rowland et al. 2007a).”