Rodents (Rodentia)

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Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

Citation:

Daily and seasonal patterns of activity and energetics in a heteromyid rodent commuinity

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J.
Pages
1201-1219
Year
Issue
6
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Lab
Food Ingestion Rate seed consumption measured in field enclosures mg/g bw/d Both Male and Female Not Reported 6 individuals Owens Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Body Weight - Mean range of mean body weights measured multiple times in individuals g Both Male and Female Not Reported 6 individuals Owens Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Food Ingestion Rate amount of seed consumed at 6.5 degrees C mg/g bw/d Not Reported Not Reported 10 individuals Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

The solitary lives of two little pocket mice

Author(s)
Bailey, Vernon
Pages
325-328
Year
Volume
20
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Longevity lifespan in captivity yrs Both Male and Female Adult 2 captured in San Diego County Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Rodents of a creosote bush community in southern Nevada

Author(s)
Bradley, W. Glen and Roger A. Mauer
Pages
333-344
Year
Volume
17
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Grasses: Oryzopsis hymenoides (27.7%); Hilaria rigida (6.6%); Bromus rubens (8.5%); Annual forbs: Plantago insularis (12.3%); Phacelia spp. (4.5%); Perrenial shrubs: Ephedra funera (9.8%); Sphaeralcea ambigua (11.3%); Dalea fremontii (7.3%); Vegetative plant parts: Phacelia spp. (3.5%); Misc. (4.5%) % volume in cheek pouches of major (>2%) food items Not Reported Not Reported 27 Las Vegas Valley, Clark County (elev., 2500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Citation:

Food habits of four species of rodents on a short-grass prairie in Colorado

Author(s)
Flake, Lester D.
Pages
636-647
Year
Issue
3
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition ANIMAL MATTER: Coleoptera adults (10.8); Coleoptera larvae (1.4); Grasshoppers (5.7); Leaf hoppers (3.4); Lepidoptera adults (4.4); Lepidoptera larvae (1.3); Spiders (2.5); PLANT MATTER: Seeds (40.3); Total forbs (10.4) - Kochia scoparia (6.7); Total grasses and sedges (3.5); Total shrubs (1.1). estimated percent volume, by ranking method, of total matter in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 92 Pawnee National Grassland Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition ANIMAL MATTER: Coleoptera adults (9.8); Coleoptera larvae (1.1); Grasshoppers (7.7); Leaf hoppers (1.7); Lepidoptera adults (1.3); Lepidoptera larvae (1.0); Spiders (2.4); PLANT MATTER: Seeds (47.8); Total forbs (4.8) - Kochia scoparia (3.1); Total grasses and sedges (4.3); Total shrubs (0.9). estimated percent volume, by ranking method, of total matter in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 102 Pawnee National Grassland Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Bioenergetics of North Plains rodents

Author(s)
Johnson, Donald R. and Karen L. Groepper
Year
Issue
2
Volume
84
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Metabolic Rate 1032 maintenance (485 cal/g/d) + production (547 cal/g/d) metabolic rate cal/g/day Female Adult 1 Exposure Factor Datasets Lactating Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate range of weighted means of dry weights of stomach contents mg Not Reported Juvenile 12-82 Ward and McClean Counties Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Breeding by Peromyscus in seasonal environments

Author(s)
Millar, John S., F.B. Wille and Stuart L. Iverson
Pages
719-727
Year
Issue
4
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Countries Error
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 22.8 calculated median age at weaning for wild populations. d Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets Weaning CANADA 6.8 SD
Age at Sexual Maturity 64.6 median age at maturity d Female Adult 139 Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Metabolic rates of Peromyscus maniculatus in winter, spring and summer

Author(s)
Stebbins, Lucius L., Reginald Orich and John Nagy
Pages
99-104
Year
Volume
25
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 4.26 average daily metabolic rate estimated by oxygen consumption at 14.45C ml O2/g/hr Male Adult 4 animals placed in cages in forest near Lethbridge, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.3 SE
Metabolic Rate 3.12 average daily metabolic rate estimated as oxygen consumption at 20.6C ml O2/g/hr Male Adult 4 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.14 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Effects of range treatment with 2,4-D on rodent populations

Author(s)
Johnson, Donald R. and Richard M. Hansen
Pages
125-132
Year
Issue
1
Volume
33
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Clutch or Litter Size 5.27 mean litter size based upon number of visible embryos #/litter Female Adult 77 Gunnison County and Saquache County, (elev., 8500 - 9300 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets 0.13
Citation:

Food of deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus and P. boylei, in the northern Sierra Nevada, California

Author(s)
Jameson, Jr., E.W.
Pages
50-60
Year
Issue
1
Volume
33
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition seeds (34-53%); fruits (0-22%); arthropods (26-36%); leaves (7-12%); fungi (0-7%); misc. (3-10%) volumetric % of stomach contents, range of means for 2 yrs. and 2 habitat types % Not Reported Not Reported 778 western slope of Sierra Nevada (elev., 3500 - 5000 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition seeds (0-81%); fruits (2-19%); arthropods (9-57%); leaves (1-18%); fungi (0-26%); misc. (0-42%) volumetric % of stomach contents, range of monthly means for 2 yrs. and 2 habitat types % Not Reported Not Reported 40-88 western slope of Sierra Nevada (elev., 3500 - 5000 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Home ranges of the meadow vole and deer mouse (on a reclamation test pit in eastern Montana)

Author(s)
McCann, Steve A.
Pages
11-17
Year
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Home Range 1.03 acres Male Adult 5 Consolidation Coal Company test pit, Roundup Exposure Factor Datasets breeding
Home Range 0.25 acres Male Juvenile 4 Consolidation Coal Company test pit, Roundup Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Litter survival of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in nest boxes

Author(s)
Sleeper, Roger A.
Pages
259-260
Year
Volume
25
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Clutch or Litter Size range of mean litter sizes for 2 yrs; based on embryo counts #/litter Female Adult 7 - 8 litters San Juan Mountains (elev., 3200 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 67 survival of juveniles to an age of 4 wks % Both Male and Female Juvenile 19 - 23 litters San Juan Mountains (elev., 3200 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 4 wks
Citation:

Home range relationships of three rodent species in southeast Oregon

Author(s)
Feldhamer, George A.
Pages
50-57
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 371.7 m2 Male Not Reported 17 sagebrush habitat, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 126.7 - 571.8 (2-sigma)
Home Range 372.1 m2 Male Not Reported 29 greasewood habitat, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 108.5 - 603.3 (2-sigma)
Citation:

The food habits of rodents in range lands of southern Idaho

Author(s)
Johnson, D. R.
Pages
407-410
Year
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition ARTHROPODS (78-95%); SEEDS, Halogeton (0-58%), Shadscale (0-27%); grass (0-19%); prickly pear (0-34%), Tansy mustard (0-8%); LEAVES, Halogeton (2-39%), Shadscale (3-14%); grass (17-34%), Tansy mustard (0-11%), peppergrass (0-5%); Russian thistle (0-12%); MISC., mammalian hair (3-13%), prickly pear stems (0-9%) range of % frequency of food items in stomachs over 3 mo. % Not Reported Not Reported 405 Raft River Valley; Cassia County Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Uptake of environmental contaminants by small mammals in pickleweed habitats of San Francisco Bay, California

Author(s)
Clark, Jr., Donald R., Kevin S. Foerster, Carolyn M. Marn and Roger L. Hothem
Pages
389-396
Year
Volume
22
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.7 litter size estimated from counts of uterine scars and embryos #/litter Female Adult 6 salt marsh, San Pablo and San Francisco Bays Exposure Factor Datasets 0.7 SE
Citation:

Growth of seasonal generations in three natural populations of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Gyug, Les W., and John S. Millar
Pages
510-514
Year
Issue
3
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Body Weight - Mean 19.9 g Male Adult 98 Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.19

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii), Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. sonoriensis)

Citation:

Growth in the deer-mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Dice, Lee R. and Robert M. Bradley
Pages
416-427
Year
Volume
23
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean see citation figure of body weight vs age for 7 subspecies of Peromyscus Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 61 Exposure Factor Datasets 15 - 186 d Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean see citation figure of body weight vs age for 7 subspecies of Peromyscus Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 61 Exposure Factor Datasets 15 - 186 d Laboratory

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

Citation:

The ecology of the salt-marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) in a diked salt marsh

Author(s)
Geissel, Wolfgang, Howard Shellhammer and H. Thomas Harvey
Pages
696-703
Year
Volume
69
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying June - Sept. time when reproductively active Both Male and Female Adult 65 New Chicago Marsh, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 1550 m2 Male Adult 4 New Chicago Marsh, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets

California Vole (Microtus californicus)

Citation:

Supression of growth and reproduction of microtine rodents by social factors

Author(s)
Batzli, G. O., Lowell L. Getz, and Sarah S. Hurley
Pages
583-591
Year
Issue
4
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Growth Rate see citation figure of body weight at ages 20 - 180 d g/d Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Social organization and space use in Califonia voles: seasonal, sexual, and age-specific strategies

Author(s)
Salvioni, M. and W. Z. Lidicker
Pages
426-438
Year
Volume
101
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density range of low and high density yrs Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Condition and diet of cycling populations of the California Vole, Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Batzli, George O. and Frank A Pitelka
Pages
141-163
Year
Issue
1
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Error
Clutch or Litter Size 3.4 mean; early growing season pups/litter Female Adult 9 Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa 0.9 (95%CI)
Body Weight - Mean >35 g Female Adult Richmond Field Station and Russel Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Clutch or Litter Size 5.2 mean; height of growing season pups/litter Female Adult 13 Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa 0.8 (95%CI)
Body Weight - Mean g Male Both Adults and Juveniles Richmond Field Station and Russel Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets subadult Contra Costa
Citation:

Analysis of two freely-growing enclosed populations of the California vole

Author(s)
Lidicker, William Z.
Pages
447-466
Year
Issue
3
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean range of means measured in voles in enclosures in different seasons g Male Adult 5-35/sample Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean range of means measured in voles in enclosures in different seasons g Female Adult 5-45/sample Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Intraspecific litter size variation in Microtus californicus II. variation between populations

Author(s)
Krohne, David T.
Pages
1174-1182
Year
Issue
6
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Growth Rate 3.5 change in body weight g/wk Male Juvenile 42 captured in Contra Costa County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.2 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Reproduction in a coastal California population of the field mouse, Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Greenwald, Gilbert S.
Pages
421-466
Year
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean g Male Not Reported Not Reported San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Exposure Factor Datasets Marin
Body Weight - Mean g Female Not Reported Not Reported San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Exposure Factor Datasets Marin non-pregnant
Citation:

Intraspecific litter size variation in Microtus californicus: variation within populations

Author(s)
Krohne, David T.
Pages
29-40
Year
Issue
1
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Clutch or Litter Size see citation figure of mean monthly litter sizes Female Adult 4-33/mo Orinda, Layfayette, Russell Reservation and Sea Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa, Sonoma
Citation:

Nutritional ecology of the California vole: Effects of food quality on reproduction

Author(s)
Batzli, George O.
Pages
406-412
Year
Issue
2
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 21 d Both Male and Female Juvenile 24 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

The demography of low-litter size populations of Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Krohne, David T.
Pages
368-374
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density see citation figure of seasonal changes in density #/acre Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Sea Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Sonoma

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. austerus)

Citation:

The effect of extra food on small rodents populations: deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Author(s)
Taitt, M.J.
Pages
111-124
Year
Volume
50
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Home Range 1615 elliptical home range based on distribution of capture points m2 Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Douglas fir forest, Vancouver Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

The ecology of the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, in a coastal coniferous forest. I. Population dynamics

Author(s)
Petticrew, B.G. and R.M.F.S. Sadleir
Pages
107-118
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Population Density see citation figure of seasonal changes in density #/ha Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported University of British Columbia Research Forest Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii)

Citation:

Energetics of the prairie deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii

Author(s)
Morris, John G. and S. Charles Kendeigh
Pages
368-76
Year
Issue
2
Volume
105
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.90 productive energy in captive animals at 0 C kcal/animal/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 2.2 productive energy in captive animals at 0 C kcal/animal/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Seed preferences in wild caught Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii and Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis

Author(s)
Drickamer, Lee C.
Pages
191-194
Year
Volume
51
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 14.78 g Both Male and Female Adult 30 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.6 SE Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate 0.934 mean weekly consumption per g body weight (seed diet) g/g/wk Both Male and Female Adult 30 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii), Audubon's Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii ssp. neomexicanus)

Citation:

Attempts to breed cottontail rabbits in captivity

Author(s)
Dice, L. R.
Pages
225-229
Year
Volume
10
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 28 d Both Male and Female Adult 3 litters captured in Rago, Kansas Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 28 d Both Male and Female Adult 3 litters captured in Rago, Kansas Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Demographic and life cycle characteristics of montane deer mice

Author(s)
Millar, John S. and Duncan G. Innes
Pages
574-585
Year
Issue
3
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Condition Countries Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 31.46 g Female Adult 44 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets breeding 0.43 SE Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 37 average over-winter survival % Both Male and Female Juvenile 64 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets "young of the yr" CANADA
Body Weight - Mean 23.1 g Female Adult 47 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets day of parturition 0.3 SE Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 0 over-winter survival % Male Adult 8 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis), Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. maniculatus)

Citation:

Growth of seasonal generations in three natural populations of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Gyug, Les W., and John S. Millar
Pages
510-514
Year
Issue
3
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Countries
Growth Rate see citation figures of weight versus age (20-90d) Male Both Adults and Juveniles 90 - 363 Heart Lake Biological Station, Northwest Territories and Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets 20 - 90 d CANADA

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. gambelii)

Citation:

Seasonal activity and feeding patterns in a population of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus gambelii)

Author(s)
Seabloom, Robert W., Robert G. Schwab and Susan C. Loeb
Pages
2238-2243
Year
Volume
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Food Ingestion Rate 0.28 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Juvenile 38 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.05 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 0.19 mean dry stomach content mass g Male Adult 55 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.02 SE
Population Density 1500 #/ha Both Male and Female Not Reported Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (elev., 1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. labecula)

Citation:

Growth in two subspecies of Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Drickamer, Lee C. and Joan Bernstein
Pages
228-231
Year
Issue
1
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 21.2 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 93 captured in Mexico Exposure Factor Datasets 63 d Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 4.5 pups/litter Female Adult 21 litters captured in Mexico Exposure Factor Datasets 0.3 SE Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nebrascensis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of Peromyscus maniculatus nebrascensis

Author(s)
Millar, John S.
Pages
1280-1284
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Growth Rate 0.95 mean growth g/d Not Reported Juvenile 156 Exposure Factor Datasets 18-21 d Laboratory
Growth Rate 0.38 average growth from neonate to physiological independence g/d Not Reported Juvenile 29 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 21 d 0.01 SE Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nubiterrae)

Citation:

Comparative population ecology of Peromyscus leucopus and Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Wolff, Jerry O.
Pages
1548-1555
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Body Weight - Mean 15.9 g Male Adult 85 Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles County [lat., 37^010'N; long., 80^o30' W] Exposure Factor Datasets 0.21 SE
Body Weight - Mean 17.2 g Female Adult 76 Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles County [lat., 37^010'N; long., 80^o30' W] Exposure Factor Datasets 0.35 SE

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. sonoriensis)

Citation:

The skin and respiratory water losses of Peromyscus maniculatus sonoriensis

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M.
Pages
463-467
Year
Issue
3
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Water Ingestion Rate 4.38 average daily water intake (2.65 ml drunk + 0.56 ml free H2O in food + 1.17 ml H2O of oxidation) ml/d Not Reported Adult 11/group; 5 groups Mice trapped near Palmdale, Los Angeles County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

An altitudinal survey of reproduction in Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Dunmire, William W.
Pages
174-182
Year
Issue
1
Volume
41
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Type California Counties
Age at Sexual Maturity d Both Male and Female Adult White Mountain (elev. 4500 - 12,400 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Citation:

Ecology of the California ground squirrel on grazing lands

Author(s)
Fitch, Henry S.
Pages
559-596
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 2.3 five year average #/acre Both Male and Female Adult 275 San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
Food Ingestion Rate range of total food weight for observed individuals g dry wt/d Both Male and Female Adult 6 San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 100 weight of young at first appearance above ground g Not Reported Juvenile Not Reported San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying Jan. - Feb. Both Male and Female Adult San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Hibernation and sociality in the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Dobson, F. Stephen and David E. Davis
Pages
416-421
Year
Issue
2
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Age at Sexual Maturity 9-10 mo Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Santa Barbara; Bell Ranch; Hastings Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Citation:

Patterns of progesterone secretion in free-living California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, K.E., S. Nunes and F. Talamantes
Pages
1051-1059
Year
Issue
5
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Torpor or Hibernation May/June - Oct. months of estivation Male Adult 144 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz
Time of Torpor or Hibernation July - Dec. months of estivation Female Adult 128 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz
Citation:

The California Ground Squirrel

Author(s)
Linsdale, Jean M.
Pages
475
Publisher
University of California Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 397.3 g Female Not Reported 373 Hastings Natural History Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Clutch or Litter Size 7.5 estimated from embryo or embryo scar counts young/litter Female Adult 40 Hastings Natural History Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Citation:

A population study of the Beechey ground squirrel in central California

Author(s)
Evans, F. C. and R. Holdenried
Pages
231-260
Year
Issue
2
Volume
24
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Molt May Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Calaveras Reservoir Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda, Santa Clara

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)

Citation:

Population Ecology of a desert rodent: Dipodomys merriami in the Chihuahuan Desert

Author(s)
Zeng, Zongyong and James H. Brown
Pages
1328-1340
Year
Issue
5
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Body Weight - Mean 41.1 g Female Adult Not Reported Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets non-breeding 0.1
Body Weight - Mean 49.9 g Male Adult Not Reported Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets pregnant 0.2
Citation:

Seasonal water and energy metabolism of the desert dwelling kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)

Author(s)
Nagy, Kenneth A. and M.J. Gruchacz
Pages
1461-1478
Year
Issue
6
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 33.9 g Not Reported Not Reported 4-9 per mo/15 mo Kelso Sand Dunes (elev., 830-840 m) [lat., 34^o53'30"N, long., 115^o40'20"W] Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino 2.2 SD
Water Ingestion Rate 3.14 water influx rate estimated via doubly labeled water ml water/d Not Reported Not Reported 4-9 per mo/15 mo Kelso Sand Dunes (elev., 830-840 m) [lat., 34^o53'30"N, long., 115^o40'20"W] Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino 1.33 SD
Citation:

Consumption of primary production by a population of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) in the Mojave desert

Author(s)
Soholt, Lars F.
Pages
357-376
Year
Volume
43
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Clutch or Litter Size 2.2 embryos/ female Female Adult 24 Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino
Fledging or Weaning Rate 42 estimated age at weaning d Not Reported Juvenile 104 Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino
Citation:

The ecology of Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami Mearns) on the grazing of lands of southern Arizona

Author(s)
Reynolds, Hudson G.
Pages
112-127
Year
Issue
2
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 0.373 acres Female Adult Not Reported Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000-4000 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.243 acres Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000-4000 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

A comparative study of growth and development of the kangaroo rats, Dipodomys deserti stephens and Dipodomys merriami mearns

Author(s)
Butterworth, Bernard B.
Pages
127-139
Year
Volume
25
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate see citation figure of changes in weight over time g Not Reported Juvenile 4 litters adults captured at Alpine Butte, Los Angeles County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 140 d Laboratory
Citation:

Seasonal reproductive patterns in five coexisting California desert rodent species

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J. and George A. Bartholomew
Pages
371-397
Year
Issue
4
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Age at Sexual Maturity 1 yr Male Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Citation:

Growth and development of Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M. and Bernard B. Butterworth
Pages
75-95
Year
Volume
23
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean see citation figure of body weight at ages 0 - 162 d g Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 34 captured at Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 162 d Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 3.04 g Both Male and Female Neonate 9 litters captured at Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets at birth Laboratory
Citation:

Energy relationships of the mammals of a desert shrub (Larrea tridentata) community

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M. and Alice Eastlake Chew
Pages
1-20
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning d Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported San Simon Valley, Portal (elev., 1370 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Ecology of rodents in Indian Cove (Mojave Desert), Joshua Tree National Monument, California

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M. and Bernard B. Butterworth
Pages
203-225
Year
Volume
45
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of monthly density estimates over 2 yrs #/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Daily and seasonal patterns of activity and energetics in a heteromyid rodent commuinity

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J.
Pages
1201-1219
Year
Issue
6
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 3.76 resting metabolism at 5 degrees C, without a natural nest cc O2/g/h Not Reported Not Reported 6 individuals Exposure Factor Datasets 0.11 SE Laboratory

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami), Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

Citation:

Daily and seasonal patterns of activity and energetics in a heteromyid rodent commuinity

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J.
Pages
1201-1219
Year
Issue
6
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Molt July and August Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Owens Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo

San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides)

Citation:

Dipodomys nitratoides

Author(s)
Best, Troy L.
Pages
1-7
Year
Volume
381
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying review Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Study and management of an isolated, rare population: the Fresno kangaroo rat

Author(s)
Morrison, Michael L., L. Scott Mills and Amy J. Kuenzi
Pages
602-606
Year
Volume
24
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of monthly densities at various sites #/ha Not Reported Not Reported 3,690 trap nights Naval Air Station, Lenmoore Exposure Factor Datasets

Stephens' Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensi)

Citation:

Distances moved by Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi Merriam) and implications for conservation

Author(s)
Price, Mary V., Patrick A. Kelly and Ross L. Goldingay
Pages
929-939
Year
Volume
75
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range of median maximum distance moved based on monthly live trapping capture data at 2 sites m Female Adult 94 Motte Rock Ecological Reserve [lat., 33^o53'N; long., 117^o6'W] and San Jacinto Wildlife Area [lat., 33^o51'N; long., 116^o54'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Home Range range of median maximum distance moved based on monthly live trapping capture data at 2 sites m Male Adult 97 - 121 Motte Rock Ecological Reserve [lat., 33^o53'N; long., 117^o6'W] and San Jacinto Wildlife Area [lat., 33^o51'N; long., 116^o54'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:

An age-structured demographic model for endangered Stephens' kangaroo rat

Author(s)
Price, Mary V. and Patrick A. Kelly
Pages
810-821
Year
Volume
8
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Longevity 19 maximum time of persistence at site mo Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Motte Rimrock Reserve and San Jacinto Wildlife Area Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:

Estimating the distribution and abundance of a cryptic species, Dipodomys stephensi (Rodentia: Heteromyidae), and implications for management

Author(s)
Price, M.V. and P.R. Endo
Pages
293-301
Year
Volume
3
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Population Density range of densities estimated over 2 yrs #/ha Not Reported Not Reported 320 - 640 trap nights San Jacinto Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets Feb. - Mar. Riverside

San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

Citation:

Food and moisture requirements of the Nelson antelope ground squirrel

Author(s)
Hawbecker, Albert C.
Pages
115-125
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition see citation figure of monthly % food types in stomach contents % Not Reported Adult Not Reported Los Banos (elev., 200-500') and Mendota (elev., 400-500') Exposure Factor Datasets Fresno, Merced
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