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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. behavior
  3. animal behavior
  4. imprinting behavior
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. zoology
  4. animal behavior
  5. imprinting behavior
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. zoology
  4. animal behavior
  5. imprinting behavior

Preferred term

imprinting behavior

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Rapid learning or behavioral patterning that occurs at critical points in very early stages of animal development, by which young individuals of a species acquire irreversible behavior patterns of that species.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • imprinting behaviour

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9000

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