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Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow)

Citation:

Effects of early nutrition on growth rate and adult size in song sparrows Melospiza melodia.

Author(s)
Searcy, W.A., Peters, S. and Nowicki, S.
Issue
3
Volume
35
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Error Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Body Weight - Mean Control diet: 25.7, experimental diet (60% control by vol): 18.9 Peak mass Control: 0.7, experimental: 0.7 g F Chick Nestlings collected from Hartstown Control: 12, experimental: 8 Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean Control diet: 25.5, experimental diet (60% control by vol): 17.9 Mass at end of treatment (18 d) Control: 0.7, experimental: 0.8 F Chick Nestlings collected from Hartstown Control: 12, experimental: 8 Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean Control diet: 26.4, experimental diet (60% control by vol): 20.3 Peak mass Control: 0.6, experimental: 0.5 g M Chick Nestlings collected from Hartstown Control: 11, experimental: 16 Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean Control diet: 26.4, experimental diet (60% control by vol): 18.6 Mass at end of treatment (18 d) Control: 0.6, experimental: 0.4 M Chick Nestlings collected from Hartstown Control: 11, experimental: 16 Exposure Factor Datasets

Melospiza melodia

Citation:

Bird nesting in Iowa no-tillage and tilled cropland

Author(s)
Basore, Nancy S., Louis B. Best, and James B. Wooley, Jr.
Pages
19-28
Year
Issue
1
Volume
50
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Population Density 4 (+/-4) mean nest densities in strip cover along fields nests/100 ha Both Male and Female Adult Adair County 35 fields Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Song sparrows grow and shrink with age

Author(s)
Smith, James N. M., Peter Arcese, and Dolph Schluter
Pages
210-212
Year
Volume
103
Exposure Endpoint Type Range Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Body Weight - Mean 25.15-25.68 g Male Both Adults and Juveniles Mandarte island 11-37 birds Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 23.40-26.25 g Female Both Adults and Juveniles Mandarte island 2-17 birds Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Population structure in salt marsh song sparrows Part II: Density, Age Structure, and Maintanance

Author(s)
Johnston, Richard F.
Pages
254-272
Year
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Range Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Population Density 8-10 8.2-10.5 pairs/acre Both Male and Female Adult San Pablo Marsh; San Francisco Bay Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 3.14 2.91-3.42 eggs/nest Both Male and Female Adult San Pablo Marsh; San Francisco Bay Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 87-124 pairs/100 acres Both Male and Female Adult San Pablo Marsh; San Francisco Bay Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 8.2 7.5-9.1 eggs/pair/year Both Male and Female Adult San Pablo Marsh; San Francisco Bay Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Longevity up to 7 years Both Male and Female Adult San Pablo Marsh; San Francisco Bay 6 animals (from 1000) Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 80-85 1 year or younger % Both Male and Female Adult San Pablo Marsh; San Francisco Bay Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Variation in breeding season and clutch size in song sparrows of the pacific coast

Author(s)
Richard F. Johnston
Pages
268-273
Year
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Range Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Clutch or Litter Size oological collections 3.05-4.17 eggs/nest Both Male and Female Adult from Baja California to Alaska 545 records Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying early Feb.-July Both Male and Female Adult California to Washington Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Brown-headed cowbirds and an island population of song sparrows: a 16-year study

Author(s)
Smith James N. M. and Peter Arcese
Pages
916-934
Year
Issue
4
Volume
96
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Range Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Hatching Success 45.9-82.3 % Both Male and Female Adult Mandarte Island 4733 eggs Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying 24 Feb-19 April Both Male and Female Adult Mandarte island Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 3.12 median egg weight g Both Male and Female Adult Mandarte island 387 eggs Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Salt marsh song sparrow study

Author(s)
Jurek, R. M.
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Special Wildlife Investigations
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Territory Size 9.1 territory width across sloughs m Both Male and Female Adult Suisun Bay; San Francisco Bay; San Pablo Bay 64 sample areas Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Environmental and endocrine control of reproduction in the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia. I. Temporal Organization of the breeding cycle

Author(s)
Wingfield, John C.
Pages
406-416
Year
Issue
3
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Clutches or Litters per year 2 clutches/year Both Male and Female Adult Rockefeller University field research center about 5 each Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Molt 9 August-10 November includes prebasic molt Both Male and Female Not Reported Rockefeller University field research center about 10 Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Reproductive success of grassland birds at east-central Illinois airports

Author(s)
Kershner, Eric L., and Eric K. Bollinger
Pages
358-366
Year
Volume
136
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Fledging or Weaning Rate 0.44 proportion of nests that fledged at least one young Both Male and Female Adult airports in east-central IL 4 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 0.02 nest density nests/ha Both Male and Female Adult airports in east-central IL 4 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Determinants of lifetime reproductive success in the song sparrow

Author(s)
Smith, James N. M
Pages
154-172
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Error Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Longevity 6 years Male Chick, Not Reported Mandarte island 2 males out of 51 male and female; 7 year study Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 11.1 0.76 numbers of eggs laid Female Adult Mandarte Island 79 females Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 10.1 0.97 number of eggs fertilized Female Adult, Both Adults and Juveniles Mandarte Island 96 males Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutches or Litters per year 2 clutches/year Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Effects of supplemental food on growth and adult size in the song sparrow

Author(s)
Smith, James N. M. and Peter Arcese
Pages
1416-1423
Year
Volume
19
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Error Range Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Clutch or Litter Size 2.41 brood size with supplemental food 0.17 young/nest Not Reported Chick Mandarte island 34 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 1.64 no supplemental food 0.13 young/nest Not Reported Chick Mandarte Island 44 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 3.87 young raised to independence 0.68 SE young/pair Not Reported Fledgling Mandarte Island 34 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 0.98 young raised to independence 0.17 young/pair Not Reported Chick Mandarte Island 34 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 16.69 with supplemental food at d 6 g Not Reported Chick 31 Exposure Factor Datasets

Melospiza melodia ssp. samuelis

Citation:

Population structure in salt marsh song sparrows part I. Environment and annual cycle

Author(s)
Johnston, Richard F.
Pages
24-44
Year
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Error Range Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Survival/ Mortality mortality of young birds based on number of eggs/season; in relation to high tides 2.8-18.2 % Not Reported Chick San Pablo Marsh 349 eggs Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying late Feb/Mar-June Not Reported San Pablo Marsh Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 3.2 seasonal mean 0.6 SD eggs Not Reported San Pablo Marsh 157 nests Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Variation in breeding season and clutch size in song sparrows of the pacific coast

Author(s)
Richard F. Johnston
Pages
268-273
Year
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Type
Clutch or Litter Size 3.28 eggs/nest Both Male and Female Adult 90 records Exposure Factor Datasets

Melospiza melodia ssp. maxillaris

Citation:

A status review of the Suisun song sparrow (Melospiza melodia maxillaris) in California

Author(s)
Larsen, Caryla J.
Pages
1-30
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Department Candidate Species Status Report
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Water Ingestion Rate review Not Reported Not Reported Suisun Bay Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range review Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying review Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

Melospiza melodia ssp. pusillula

Citation:

Salt marsh song sparrow study

Author(s)
Jurek, R. M.
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Special Wildlife Investigations
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Sample Size Type
Population Density 20.5-41.0 (salt marsh), 9.9-20.5 (alterned salt marsh), 5.9-11 (fringe vegetation) breeding population densities pairs/ha Both Male and Female Adult Suisun Bay; San Francisco Bay; San Pablo Bay 27 sample areas Exposure Factor Datasets
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