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California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense)

Citation:

Terrestrial habitat use by adult California tiger salamanders.

Author(s)
Trenham, P.C.
Issue
2
Volume
35
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Sample Size Location Type California Counties Countries
Territory Size See citation Figure 1 Distance moved during post-breeding emigration m B 13 Hastings Natural History Resrevation and Oak Ridge Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey USA
Citation:

Microhabitat use and migration distance of an endangered grassland amphibian.

Author(s)
Searcy, C.A., Gabbai-Saldate, E. and Shaffer, H.B.
Volume
158
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Countries
Territory Size 50% protection: 556, 90%: 1486, 95%: 1849 Distance from pond edge to include X% of population m B Both Adults and Juveniles Adults: 957, juveniles: 3208, metamorphs: 5877 Area around Olcott Lake, and Round Pond Jepson Prairie Preserve Exposure Factor Datasets Solano USA
Citation:

Habitat use and migration behavior of the California tiger salamander.

Author(s)
Loredo, I., Van Vuren, D. and Morrison, M.L.
Issue
2
Volume
30
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Countries Error
Territory Size 35.9 Distance moved from aquatic to terrestrial habitat m B Adult 59 Concord Naval Weapons Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa USA 24.6
Territory Size 26 Distance moved from aquatic to terrestrial habitat m B Juvenile 49 Concord Naval Weapons Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa USA 13.1

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Citation:

Dispersal and habitat use by post-fledging juvenile Snowy Egrets and Black-crowned Night-herons.

Author(s)
Erwin, R.M., Haig, J.G., Stotts, D.B. and Hatfield, J.S.
Issue
2
Volume
108
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Territory Size Day 5: 97.0, days 15-45: 121.3, day 60: 124.9 Dispersal movement km B Juvenile 8 Saltmarsh islands, Chincoteague Exposure Factor Datasets USA Day 5: 66.7, days 15-45: 61.5, day 60: 53.9
Territory Size Day 5: 37.2, day 15: 50.6, days 30-60: 52.5 Dispersal movement km B Juvenile 11 Saltmarsh islands, Chincoteague Exposure Factor Datasets USA Day 5: 30.2, day 15: 35.6, days 30-60: 39.4

Pacific Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Citation:

Post-nesting movements and feeding grounds of a resident East Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas population from Costa Rica.

Author(s)
Blanco, G.S., Morreale, S.J., Bailey, H., Seminoff, J.A., Paladino, F.V. and Spotila, J.R.
Volume
18
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sample Size Location Type Condition Countries
Territory Size See citation Table 1 Post-nesting foraging area minimum convex polygon sq km 9 Nombre de Jesus Exposure Factor Datasets Post-nesting COSTA RICA

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Citation:

Regional fidelity and movement patterns of wintering Killdeer in an agricultural landscape.

Author(s)
Sanzenbacher, P.M. and Haig, S.M.
Issue
1
Volume
25
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Territory Size December: 14.52 km, January: 16.00, February: 15.86 km Distance traveled sq km NR Adult December: 11, January: 13, February: 14 Willamette Valley Exposure Factor Datasets USA December: 2.73, January: 3.50, February: 2.28 km

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)

Citation:

Feeding-time minimization and the territorial behavior of the willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)

Author(s)
Prescott, David R.C. and Alex L.A. Middleton
Pages
17-28
Year
Volume
105
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Countries Error
Territory Size 3,009 mean territory size based on observed perch sites and territorial disputes m^2 Male Adult 61 observation periods Badenoch Swamp, 14 km SE of Guelph (69 deg, 32'N, 80 deg, 13' W) Exposure Factor Datasets breeding CANADA 153 SE
Citation:

A preliminary report on the biology of the willow flycatcher in the central Sierra Nevada

Author(s)
Stafford, Michael D. and Bradley E. Valentine
Pages
66-77
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Territory Size range of territory sizes during the breeding season m^2 Both Male and Female Adult 15 birds Sierra National Forest Exposure Factor Datasets Fresno
Citation:

Ecology of a Sierra Nevada population of willow flycatchers

Author(s)
Flett, Mary Anne and Susan D. Sanders
Pages
37-42
Year
Volume
18
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Territory Size 3000 average territory size of paired males based on observed perch locations m^2 Male Adult 8 territories Perazzo Meadows, Lacey Valley (32 km NW of Truckee) Exposure Factor Datasets Sierra 2000 SD

Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii ssp. extimus)

Citation:

Status and breeding ecology of the southwestern willow flycatcher in the Grand Canyon

Author(s)
Sogge, Mark K., Timothy J. Tibbitts, Jim R. Petterson
Pages
142-157
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Territory Size 0.10 breeding territory size ha Both Male and Female Adult 7 pairs Colorado River Exposure Factor Datasets 0.05 SD
Territory Size 0.5 territory size of unpaired male ha Male Adult 1 Colorado River Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

A southwestern willow flycatcher natural history summary and survey protocol

Author(s)
Sogge, Mark K., Robert M. Marshall, Susan J. Sferra, and Timothy J. Tibbitts
Pages
42 pp
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

Bushtit (Psaltriparus minumus)

Citation:

Ecological and complementarity of three sympatric parids in a California oak woodland

Author(s)
Hertz, Paul E., J.V. Remsen, Jr. and Stacey I. Zones
Pages
307-316
Year
Volume
78
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition Error
Territory Size 0.4 average territory size based on > 400 point observations ha Not Reported Adult 12 territories Jasper Ridge Biological Experimental Area, nr Portola Valley Exposure Factor Datasets San Mateo breeding 0.08
Citation:

Behavior of the bush-tit in the breeding season

Author(s)
Addicott, Alice B.
Pages
49-63
Year
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Territory Size approximate range of nesting territory diameters yd Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Stanford University Campus Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Clara

San Pablo Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia ssp. samuelis)

Citation:

Utilizationof natural and man-made habitats by the salt marsh song sparrow Melospiza melodia samuelis (Baird)

Author(s)
Collins, Joshua N., and Vincent H. Resh
Pages
40-52
Year
Issue
1
Volume
71
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Territory Size 387; 498; 644 depending upon habitat type m2 Both Male and Female Adult 8-11 Petaluma marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Sonoma

Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus formerly Rana catesbeiana)

Citation:

Territoriality in the bullfrog

Author(s)
Emlen, Stephen T.
Pages
240-243
Year
Issue
2
Volume
1968
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Territory Size 17.8 Average distance between male frog and closest male neighbor within a chorus; also reported as a minimum territory radius of 9 ft. ft Male Adult 94 Pond in E.S. George Reserve Exposure Factor Datasets 5.9 SD
Citation:

The reproductive behavior of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

Author(s)
Ryan, Michael J.
Pages
108-114
Year
Volume
1980
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size 4.1 Mean distance between territorial males m Male Adult 31 Basking Pond, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Morris County Exposure Factor Datasets

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Citation:

Hawks, Owls and Wildlife

Author(s)
Craighead, John J. and Frank C. Craighead, Jr.
Pages
443
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc.
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size observed range of movement, based on observations of individuals mi^2 Not Reported Adult 8 birds Superior Township Exposure Factor Datasets
Territory Size observed range of movement during nesting, based on observations of individual or pair movements mi^2 Not Reported Adult 11 birds Jackson Hole Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

A study and implications of habitat separation by sex of wintering American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

Author(s)
Meyer, Ruthe Lashe and Thomas G. Balgooyen
Pages
107-123
Year
Volume
6
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Territory Size 31.6 ha Female Adult 5 Hollister Basin (elev. 48-210 m) Exposure Factor Datasets San Benito, Santa Clara 10.7 SD
Territory Size 13.1 ha Male Adult 5 Hollister Basin (elev. 48-210 m) Exposure Factor Datasets San Benito, Santa Clara 2.0 SD
Citation:

A winter population study of the American kestrel in central Ohio

Author(s)
Mills, G. Scott
Pages
241-247
Year
Volume
87
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Territory Size 1.4 average diameter of territories km Both Male and Female Adult 16 southcentral area, agricultural lands Exposure Factor Datasets wintering

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Citation:

Territory sizes of song sparrows, Melospiza melodia, in rural and suburban habitats

Author(s)
DeGraaf, Richard M.
Pages
43-47
Year
Volume
103
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size 0.21;0.26 rural; suburban ha Both Male and Female Adult 10 territories Amherst MA, 42 deg.22' N., 72 deg. 30' W Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Settlement patterns, territory size, and breeding density in the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Author(s)
Knapton, Richard W. and John R. Krebs
Pages
1413-1420
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Territory Size 1745 mean territory size, measured by song playbacks and observations of border disputes m^2 Male Adult 6 birds Reifel Island, Delta, British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 406 SD
Territory Size 3956 mean territory size, measured by song playbacks and observations of border disputes m^2 Male Adult 6 birds Reifel Island, Delta, British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 611 SD
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 Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Territory Size 9.1 territory width across sloughs m Both Male and Female Adult 64 sample areas Suisun Bay; San Francisco Bay; San Pablo Bay Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Citation:

Studies on the biology of the California sea lion and the northern elephant seal on San Nicolas Island, California

Author(s)
Odell, Daniel Keith
Pages
p.147
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Territory Size 130 m2 Male Adult 24-25 males San Nicolas Island, CA Exposure Factor Datasets breeding
Citation:

Breeding biology of the California Sea lion, Zalophus californianus

Author(s)
Odell, D. K.
Pages
374-378
Year
Volume
169
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size 130 territory size during breeding m2 Male Adult 20 territories San Nicolas Island Exposure Factor Datasets

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Citation:

Hawks, Owls and Wildlife

Author(s)
Craighead, John J. and Frank C. Craighead, Jr.
Pages
443
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc.
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size observed range of movement during nesting, based on observations of individual or pair movements mi^2 Not Reported Adult 4 birds Jackson Hole Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Non-territorial 'floaters' in great horned owls: space use during a cyclic peak of snowshoe hares

Author(s)
Rohner, Christoph
Pages
901-912
Year
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Territory Size 4.83 mean territory size of territorial pairs square km Both Male and Female Adult 16 territories Kluane Lake (60 deg57'N, 138deg12'W), Yukon Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.40 SE

Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus ssp. nivosus formerly Charadrius alexandrinus ssp. nivosus)

Citation:

Mating system and reproductive success of a small population of polygamous snowy plovers

Author(s)
Warriner, John S., Jane C. Warriner, Gary W. Page and Lynne E. Stenzel
Pages
15-37
Year
Issue
1
Volume
98
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Territory Size <0.5 defended nesting territory size on salt pan habitat ha Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Pajaro River Mouth Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey

Least Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii ssp. pusillus)

Citation:

Riparian forest as habitat for the least Bell's vireo

Author(s)
Gray, M. Violet and James M. Greaves
Pages
605-611
Publisher
University of California Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Territory Size nesting territory size ha Both Male and Female Adult 43-48 pairs (2 yrs) Gibraltar Reservoir Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Barbara

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia formerly Speotyto cunicularia)

Citation:

Behavior and ecology of burrowing owls on the Oakland Municipal Airport

Author(s)
Thomsen, Lise
Pages
177-192
Year
Volume
73
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size 1.98 ac Both Male and Female Adult 6 pairs Oakland Airport Exposure Factor Datasets

Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)

Citation:

Natural history of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon

Author(s)
Barlow, Jon C.
Pages
243-296
Year
Issue
5
Volume
12
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size range in sizes of areas used by nesting pairs ac Both Male and Female Adult 9 pairs Lawrence Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Breeding behavior of the bell vireo in southern Indiana

Author(s)
Nolan, Val, Jr.
Pages
225-244
Year
Issue
4
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size nesting territory size ac Both Male and Female Adult 5 pairs Bloomington Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)

Author(s)
Brown, Bryan T.
Pages
1-17
Publisher
The Academy of Natural Sciences; Philadelphia, PA: The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Territory Size review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets MEXICO, USA

Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Citation:

Production of mallards on irrigated land in the Sacramento Valley

Author(s)
Earl, John P.
Pages
23
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Territory Size 70 mean length of drainage ditch (5 ft wide) defended yd Male Adult 8 ducks Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo breeding

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Citation:

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Author(s)
Yosef, Reuven
Pages
1-27
Publisher
The Academy of Natural Sciences and The American Ornithologists' Union
Year
Issue
231
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Location Type Countries
Territory Size review Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA, USA
Citation:

Ptilochronology: A potential biomarker for assessing territory quality and habitat suitability in shrikes

Author(s)
Yosef, Reuven and Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
Pages
276-279
Year
Volume
6
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size range of post-breeding territory size ha Not Reported Adult 21 territories Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Resource dependence and territory size in loggehead shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus)

Author(s)
Yosef, Reuven and Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
Pages
465-469
Year
Issue
2
Volume
111
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Territory Size 9.3 ha Both Male and Female Adult 10 pairs Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County Exposure Factor Datasets 3.8 SD
Citation:

Effect of vegetation height on hunting behavior and diet of loggerhead shrikes

Author(s)
Yosef, Reuven and Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
Pages
127-131
Year
Volume
95
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Territory Size 8.35 mean territory size in pasture habitat ha Both Male and Female Adult 6 territories Archbold Biological Station near Lake Placid Exposure Factor Datasets 0.66 SD

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Citation:

Repertoires, territory size and mate attraction in western meadowlarks

Author(s)
Aweida, Maria Klemperer
Pages
1080-1083
Year
Volume
97
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Territory Size 12,406.8 average territory size in mated birds m^2 Male Adult 17 birds Boulder Exposure Factor Datasets
Territory Size 3,228.1 average territory size of unmated birds m^2 Male Adult 7 birds Boulder Exposure Factor Datasets

California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum ssp. browni)

Citation:

Experiments on the nesting behavior of the least tern, Sterna albifrons browni

Author(s)
Davis, Milton E.
Pages
25-43
Year
Issue
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Territory Size 40 radius of nesting territory cm Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Huntington Beach State Park Exposure Factor Datasets Orange

Light-footed Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris ssp. levipes), California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris ssp. obsoletus), Yuma Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris ssp. yumanensis)

Citation:

Clapper Rail

Author(s)
Eddleman, William R. and Courtney J. Conway
Pages
167-179
Publisher
The International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Location Type Countries
Territory Size review Exposure Factor Datasets USA

San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus ssp. mearnsi)

Citation:

Natural history and management of the San Clemente loggerhead shrike

Author(s)
Scott, Thomas A. and Michael L. Morrison
Pages
23-57
Year
Issue
2
Volume
4
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Territory Size 34 mean pair foraging area during breeding season, 4 years ha Both Male and Female Adult 12 territories San Clemente Island Exposure Factor Datasets 12 SD
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