关键词: 水鹿, 空间关系

Abstract: Eight captive sambar's spatial relationship was observed in an area of 135 000 m² in Shanghai wild animal park, 1-23 October 1997 and 9-27 January 1998. Male sambars tend to disperse (r< 0.5), but female sambar tend to gather (r>0.5). Both in autumn (X² = 4.55, P >0.05) and winter (X²=10.6, P > 0.05), the proportion of time that each male sambar spent in each female sambar is similar. The mode that one male control all female sambars or one male control one female sambar is not exist. The pattern of sambar's spatial relationship in autumn is different from that in winter.

Key words: Sambar (Cervus unicolor), Spatial relationship