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Citation:
Author(s)
Turner, Frederick B., Kristin H. Berry, Betty L. Burge, Page Hayden, Lori Nicholson and Jan Bickett
Publisher
Desert Tortoise Council
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Error |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Clutch or Litter Size |
4.17 |
estimated by x-ray examination |
0.22SE |
1-7 |
eggs/clutch |
Female |
Adult |
Fenner Valley, Goffs (elev., 732m) |
35 clutches |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Clutches or Litters per year |
1.9 |
|
0.1SE |
|
|
Female |
Adult |
Fenner Valley, Goffs (elev., 732m) |
19 animals |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Time of Mating/ Laying |
July - Oct. |
mating |
|
|
|
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Fenner Valley, Goffs (elev., 732m) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Time of Hatching or Parturition |
autumn |
hatching |
|
|
|
Both Male and Female |
Hatchling |
Fenner Valley, Goffs (elev., 732m) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Survival/ Mortality |
97.8 |
annual survival rate for subadults and adults |
|
|
% |
Female |
Both Adults and Juveniles |
Fenner Valley, Goffs (elev., 732m) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Turner, Frederick B., Philip A. Medica and Craig L. Lyons
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Error |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Dietary Composition |
grasses (3.6-33%); cacti (37.0-86.9%); annuals (5.0-18.6%); perennials other than cacti (0.8-2.7%); seeds (3.3-16.0%); other (0.4-2.6%) |
relative frequency of material in fresh scat, range for 2 sampling periods over 2 years |
|
|
% |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] |
189-195 scat samples/yr |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Body Weight - Mean |
2.29 |
|
0.05SE |
1.69-3.27 |
kg |
Female |
Adult |
Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] |
51 animals |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Body Weight - Mean |
3.17 |
|
0.12SE |
2.10-4.34 |
kg |
Male |
Adult |
Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] |
24 animals |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Clutches or Litters per year |
|
range of means for 2 yr period |
|
1.10 - 1.60 |
clutches/yr |
Female |
Adult |
Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] |
15-40 animals |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Survival/ Mortality |
|
range of annual mortality rates from 1980 and 1981 |
|
4.4 - 18.4 |
% |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Woodbury, Angus M. and Ross Hardy
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Body Weight - Mean |
|
|
722-5228 |
g |
Both Male and Female |
Not Reported |
Beaver Dam Slope, Washington County (elev., 3200-3500 ft) |
41 animals |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density |
0.25 |
|
|
#/acre |
Both Male and Female |
Not Reported |
Beaver Dam Slope, Washington County (elev., 3200-3500 ft) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Home Range |
50 |
|
10-100 |
acres |
Both Male and Female |
Not Reported |
|
NE |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Clutch or Litter Size |
|
|
3-7 |
eggs/clutch |
Female |
Not Reported |
Beaver Dam Slope, Washington County (elev., 3200-3500 ft) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Time of Mating/ Laying |
early summer |
laying |
|
|
Female |
Not Reported |
Beaver Dam Slope, Washington County (elev., 3200-3500 ft) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Age at Sexual Maturity |
|
|
12-20 |
yr |
Female |
Adult |
Beaver Dam Slope, Washington County (elev., 3200-3500 ft) |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Woodman, A. Peter, Stephen M. Juarez, Eugene D. Humphreys, Karen Kirtland and Lawrence F. LaPre
Publisher
Desert Tortoise Council
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Description |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Population Density |
range of population densities in % of area (800 mi2) surveyed |
20-250 (10% of area); <20 (90% of area) |
#/mi2 |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
Fort Irwin National Training Center and Goldstone Space Communication Center, Barstow |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Sample Size |
Type |
Home Range |
review |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density |
review |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Berry, Kristin H.
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Home Range |
53 |
39-77 |
ha |
Male |
Not Reported |
Argus |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Home Range |
21 |
8-46 |
ha |
Female |
Not Reported |
Argus |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Territory Size |
70 |
mean length of drainage ditch (5 ft wide) defended |
48-95 |
yd |
Male |
Adult |
Conaway Ranch |
8 ducks |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Time of Hatching or Parturition |
May 16-29 |
peak hatching period |
|
|
Both Male and Female |
Hatchling |
Conaway Ranch |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density |
396 |
breeding density |
|
pairs/18000 acres |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Conaway Ranch |
396 pairs |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Time of Nesting |
April-June |
time from earliest clutch laid to last clutch hatched |
|
|
Female |
Adult |
Conaway Ranch |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Hatching Success |
52 |
proportion of nests that hatched at least one egg |
|
% |
Female |
Adult |
Conaway Ranch |
60 nests |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Clutch or Litter Size |
8.37 |
mean clutch size |
7-10 |
eggs |
Female |
Adult |
Conaway Ranch |
40 nests |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density |
0.72 |
|
|
ducks/acre |
Both Male and Female |
Both Adults and Juveniles |
Conaway Ranch |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Paveglio, Fred L and Steven D. Clifton
Publisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, San Luis Wildlife Refuge
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Dietary Composition |
insects (1.3%), Hermann's kangaroo rat (19.6%), California vole (31.5%), deer mouse (14.4%), California ground squirrel (24.4%), Audubon's cottontail (12.0%), unident. plant material (0.7%) |
relative composition of prey remains in scat |
% |
Both Male and Female |
Both Adults and Juveniles |
Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge |
25 scats |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Ralls, Katherine and L. Lee Eberhardt
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Sample Size |
Type |
Population Density |
see citation |
figures showing seasonal abundance and density counts |
Both Male and Female |
Both Adults and Juveniles |
1,239 surveys (dry season); 883 surveys (wet season) |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Spiegel, Linda K. and Michael Bradbury
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Error |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Home Range |
1.61 |
denning range, based on observations of marked individuals at dens |
0.20 SE |
|
km2 |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
south San Joaquin Valley |
26 |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Home Range |
5.82 |
nocturnal range, based on noctural locations of marked individuals |
0.45 SE |
|
km2 |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
south San Joaquin Valley |
26 |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Home Range |
6.13 |
based on all observations of marked individuals |
0.45 SE |
1.69-11.18 |
km2 |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
|
|
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
O'Farrell, T.P.
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Location |
Sample Size |
Type |
Population Density |
|
denning density |
1 |
den/28 ha - 1 den/37 ha |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Elk Hills Naval and Buena Vista Petroleum Reserves |
1010 dens |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density |
|
adult density |
2-2.8 |
#/260 ha |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Elk Hills Naval and Buena Vista Petroleum Reserves |
361 foxes |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Age at Sexual Maturity |
22 |
|
|
mo |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Elk Hills Naval and Buena Vista Petroleum Reserves |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Citation:
Author(s)
Smith, Dwight G.
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type |
Endpoint Value |
Endpoint Description |
Range |
Units |
Sex |
Life Cycle Stage |
Sample Size |
Type |
Population Density |
4 |
mean number of pairs on study area |
1-5 |
pairs/207 km^2 |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Population Density |
1 |
mean animal density in study area |
|
adult/12.9 km^2 |
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
Not Reported |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Clutch or Litter Size |
2.5 |
mean litter size |
2-4 |
pups |
Female |
Adult |
8 litters |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
Dietary Composition |
black-tailed hare (61.4%), cottontail rabbit (7.7%); also Ord's kangaroo rat, deer mouse, pocket mouse, horned lark, unident. passerine, beetle |
proportion of total prey items identified in stomach contents |
|
|
Both Male and Female |
Adult |
18 stomachs |
Exposure Factor Datasets |
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