Attracted by the same sex, or repelled by the opposite sex? -Sexual segregation in Pere David''s deer
Attracted by the same sex,or repelled by the opposite sex?——Sexual segregation in P

Sexual segregation behavior has attracted deep interest of zoologists in recent years. People have put forward many hypotheses to explain the phenomenon. We recommended two indices for measuring the intensity of aggregation and sexual segregation in animals, and applied those measurements to the study of aggregation and sexual segregation in free-ranging Pere David's deer. We quantified the aggregation and segregation behavior with those methods and compared the intensities of sexual segregation in different seasons with statistic means. At the same time, the Nutritional Strategy Hypothesis, the Social-factor Hypothesis and Reproductive Strategy Hypothesis were tested in the study. We discovered that aggregation in free ranging Pere David's deer was high in winter but low in summer. Sexual segregation in free ranging Pere Danid's deer is caused by the reproductive strategy of different sexes, the highest degree of sexual segregation was found in the breeding season not the non-breeding season in the free ranging Pere David's deer.