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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Citation:

Habitat use and food selection of small mammals near a sagebrush/crested wheatgrass interface in southeastern Idaho

Author(s)
Koehler David K. and Stanley H. Anderson
Pages
249-255
Year
Issue
3
Volume
51
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Lepidoptera (71% in June); Graminae seeds (66% in July); crested wheat grass (76% in Aug.) % of fragments identified in stomach contents; dominant food items for 3 months % Not Reported Not Reported 72 Idaho National Engineering Lab. Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Density cycles in an island population of deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Drost, Charles A. and Gary M. Fellers
Pages
351-364
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Population Density 462 maximum density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Coreopsis habitat, Santa Barbara Island [lat., 33^o29'N; long., 119^o02'W] Exposure Factor Datasets 56 SD
Population Density 436 maximum density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Suaeda habitat,Santa Barbara Island [lat.,33^o29' N, long., 119^o02' W] Exposure Factor Datasets 63 SD
Citation:

Field and maximal metabolic rates of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) at low and high altitudes

Author(s)
Hayes, Jack P.
Pages
732-744
Year
Issue
3
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Metabolic Rate 6.98 field metabolic rate ml CO2/g/h Both Male and Female Adult 20 White Mountain Research Station (elev., 3800 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo, Mono 1.12
Metabolic Rate 4.45 field metabolic rate ml CO2/g/h Both Male and Female Adult 16 White Mountain Research Station (elev., 1230 - 1830 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo, Mono 0.79
Citation:

Food habits of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in northern Ontario

Author(s)
Martell, Arthur M. and A.L. MacAuley
Pages
319-324
Year
Issue
3
Volume
95
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Dietary Composition arthropods (38.4-66.0%); fungi (12.7-15.7%); seeds (18.7 - 29.8%); berries (1.0-12.3%); chlorophyllous plant matter (0.3 - 1.4%); achlorophyllous plant matter (1.3-1.9%) % total volume of stomach contents; ranges over 2 yrs % Not Reported Not Reported 19-120/yr burned forest, Manitouwadge, Ontario [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 85^o50'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Life History Parameters in Mice Exposed to a Prolonged Drought

Author(s)
Morton, Martin L., Michael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall and Maria E. Pereyra
Pages
18-28
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 16.2 g Female Adult 22 Pinyon-juniper zone near Westgard Pass (elev., 2500 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 3.1 SD
Body Fat (total or %) 0.7 total body fat g Male Adult 35 Pinyon-juniper zone near Westgard Pass (elev., 2500 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.4 SD
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Condition Error
Body Weight - Mean 16.9 g Both Male and Female Adult 23 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 2 years Alpine Breeding 0.32
Body Weight - Mean 3.2 g Adult, Neonate 47 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 0-1 day Alpine 0.06
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 Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 0.70 #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported San Simon Valley, Portal (elev., 1370 m) 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
Home Range 0.43 acres Female Adult 12 Consolidation Coal Company test pit, Roundup Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.35 acres Female Juvenile 8 Consolidation Coal Company test pit, Roundup Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Relationships between respiratory quotient and metabolic rate during entry to and arousal from daily torpor in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Author(s)
Nestler, James R.
Pages
504-515
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 1.12 oxygen consumption at 10C during daily torpor ml O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 17 captured in Boulder County, CO Exposure Factor Datasets torpid 0.35 SD Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 4.23 oxygen consumption at 10C prior to torpor ml O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 17 captured in Boulder County, CO Exposure Factor Datasets 0.44 SD Laboratory
Citation:

Field populations of deermice with supplemental food

Author(s)
Fordham, R. A.
Pages
138-146
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Weight - Mean range of mean weights taken every 2 wks for 10 wks in control sites g Female Juvenile 1-7/mo University of British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Seasonal reproductive pattern in four coexisting rodent species from the Cascade Mountains, Washington

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J. and Barnes, B. M.
Year
Issue
2
Volume
69
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying Mar. - Oct. Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Cascade Mountains, Fish Lake [lat., 47^o,49'N; long., 120^o, 40'W] 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 1.57 g Both Male and Female Neonate 45 Exposure Factor Datasets at birth 0.02 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Reproduction of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus and P. boylei) in the Sierra Nevada, California

Author(s)
Jameson, Jr., E.W.
Pages
44-58
Year
Issue
1
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Age at Sexual Maturity based on presence of recent corpora lutea; ages inferred from body weights d Female Adult 1546 western slope of Sierra Nevada (elev., 3500-5000 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets Plumas
Citation:

Home range dynamics of rodents in a sagebrush community

Author(s)
O'Farrell, Michael J.
Pages
657-668
Year
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 1.42 annual composite home range estimated by principal component method (95% probability) ha Not Reported Not Reported 509 recapture loci Warm Springs Valley, Washoe County Exposure Factor Datasets

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

Citation:

A population study of the harvest mice (Reithrodontomys raviventris Dixon) in the Palo Alto Baylands Salt Marsh

Author(s)
Wondolleck, John T., William Zolan and Gary L. Stevens
Pages
52-64
Year
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 25 d Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 21 length of weaning period d Not Reported Juvenile Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

California Vole (Microtus californicus)

Citation:

Ventilatory accommodation of changing oxygen demand in sciurid rodents

Author(s)
Chappell, Mark A.
Pages
722-730
Year
Volume
162
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.0251 (10C); 0.0179 (20C); 0.0114 (30C) mean minium metabolic rate estimated as oxygen consumption at ambient temperatures (10-30C) ml O2/g/min Not Reported Not Reported 6/group Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Microhabitat heterogeneity and population ecology of an herbivorous rodent, Microtus califonicus

Author(s)
Cockburn, A., and W. Z. Lidicker, Jr.
Pages
167-177
Year
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean range of mean values for 4 grids over 3 yrs g Male Adult 1 - 20 Russell Reservation, Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding
Body Weight - Mean range of mean values for 4 grids over 3 yrs g Male Adult 1 - 23 Russell Reservation, Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa non-breeding
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 4.17 pups/litter Female Adult 220 captured in Sonoma County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.2 SE Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 4.25 pups/litter Female Adult 65 captured in Contra Costa County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.28 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Territoriality and mating system of California voles

Author(s)
Ostfeld, Richard S.
Pages
691-706
Year
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range in home range (minimum area probability, 0.95) over 2 yrs m2 Female Adult 7/yr Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Home Range range in home range (minimum area probability, 0.95) over 2 yrs m2 Male Adult 4-7/yr Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Selenium accumulation in mammals exposed to contaminated California irrigation drainwater

Author(s)
Clark Jr., Donald R.
Pages
147-168
Year
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Clutch or Litter Size 4.2 pups/litter Female Adult 12 Volta Exposure Factor Datasets Merced
Citation:

Nutritional ecology of microtine rodents: digestibility of forage

Author(s)
Batzli, G. O., and F. Russell Cole
Pages
740-750
Year
Issue
4
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 206 fed rabbit pellets for 21 d mg/g/d Not Reported 5 Exposure Factor Datasets 28 d or older 6 SE Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate 254 fed bromegrass for 21 d mg/g/d Not Reported 7 Exposure Factor Datasets 28 d or older 8 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 Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.20 mean embryo number per female embryos/female Female Adult 154 San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Exposure Factor Datasets Marin 1.41 SD
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 2 wks Not Reported Juvenile Not Reported San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Exposure Factor Datasets Marin
Citation:

Demographic changes in fluctuating populations of Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Krebs, Charles J.
Pages
239-273
Year
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean range of monthly means at 3 locations g Male Both Adults and Juveniles 9-169/mo and site Tilden Regional Park and Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Energy metabolism and evaporative water loss in the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Baudinette, Russel V.
Pages
57-72
Year
Volume
81
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.53 mean basal oxygen consumption at 28 degree C ml O2/g/ hr Not Reported Not Reported 10 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.04 Laboratory
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 Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density peak density #/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Richmond Field Station and Russel Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Measures of the movements and popultion densities of small rodents

Author(s)
Brant, Daniel H.
Pages
105-184
Year
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density see citation figure of seasonal changes in density #/acre Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley (elev. 600-1200 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. artemisiae)

Citation:

Ecological notes on deer mice in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Author(s)
Clark, Tim W.
Pages
14-16
Year
Volume
49
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition green plant materials (3.0%); seed fragments (7.0%); arthropods (48.0%); other animal tissue (8.0%); unidentified (33%) % volume of stomach contents % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 39 Grand Teton National Park Exposure Factor Datasets

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 Condition Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.60 existence metabolism for captive animals at 20 C kcal/g/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets summer-acclimatized Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 0.49 existence metabolic rate for captive animals at 20 C kcal/g/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets winter-acclimatized Laboratory
Citation:

Ambient temperature and rainfall: an effect on sex ratio and litter size in deer mice

Author(s)
Myers, Philip, Lawrence L. Master and R. Angelitos Garrett
Pages
289-298
Year
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 1.64 g Both Male and Female Neonate 63 captured pregnant mice in spring at Ann Arbor, MI Exposure Factor Datasets 0 d Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 1.53 g Both Male and Female Neonate 55 captured pregnant mice during fall at Ann Arbor, MI Exposure Factor Datasets 0 d Laboratory
Citation:

Development and growth of the prarie deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii

Author(s)
Svihla, Arthur
Pages
109-115
Year
Volume
16
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 15.45 g Not Reported Adult 39 Exposure Factor Datasets 52 d 0.67 Laboratory
Growth Rate see citation figure of changes in body weight over time g/d Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 39 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 58d Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of northern Peromyscus maniculatus borealis

Author(s)
Millar, J.S.
Pages
510-515
Year
Issue
4
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity age at first conception d Female Adult 3 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northywest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 5.03 Female Adult 98 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 0.18 SE Laboratory
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 Countries
Survival/ Mortality 31 average survival to weaning % Both Male and Female Juvenile 372 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Survival/ Mortality 81 average summer survival per 14 d % Both Male and Female Juvenile 639 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets "young of the yr" CANADA
Citation:

Breeding by Peromyscus maniculatus over an elevational gradient

Author(s)
Millar, John S. and Duncan G.L. Innes
Pages
124-129
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Clutch or Litter Size 5.25 #/litter Female Adult 137 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta (elev., 1370 - 2700m) Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.07 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 19.7 g Male Adult 55 Heart Lake Biological Station, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.33

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 0.25 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Juvenile 46 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.04 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 0.17 mean dry stomach content mass g Male Juvenile 23 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.03 SE

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 2.1 g Male Neonate 22 captured in Mexico Exposure Factor Datasets 1 d 0.1 SE Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 8.9 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 93 Exposure Factor Datasets 14 d 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 Lab
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 19.2 mean age at physiological independence d Not Reported Juvenile Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Growth Rate range of mean growth estimated at ages 0,3,6,9,12,15 d g/d Not Reported Juvenile 160 - 257/time Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 15 d Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nubiterrae)

Citation:

Food habits of sympatric Peromyscus leucopus and Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Wolff, Jerry O., Raymond D. Dueser, and Kendell S. Berry
Pages
795-798
Year
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Arthropods (30.0 +/- 3.62% SE), Lepidopteran larvae (0.2 +/- 0.16% SE), Lepidopteran adults (25.6 +/- 4.32% SE), Fruit (3.5 +/- 2.06% SE), Green vegetation (12.3 +/- 3.35% SE), Fungi (0.3 +/- 0.29% SE), Nuts/Seeds (24.0 +/- 6.98% SE), Unknown (4.1 +/- 2.12% SE) Mean percentage frequency of occurrence of each item in stomach contents Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 20 Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles Co. Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition Arthropods (45.9 +/- 7.15% SE), Lepidopteran larvae (1.5 +/- 0.63% SE), Lepidopteran adults (6.7 +/- 2.94% SE), Fruit (1.1 +/- 0.73% SE), Green vegetation (17.5 +/- 3.76% SE), Fungi (1.0 +/- 1.01% SE), Nuts/Seeds (23.1 +/- 9.68% SE), Unknown (3.0 +/- 1.96% SE) Mean percentage frequency of occurrence of each item in stomach contents Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles 10 Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles Co. Exposure Factor Datasets

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 Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Surface Area range of means for 6 groups, estimated from removed skins cm2 Not Reported Adult 11/group Mice trapped near Palmdale, Los Angeles County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate range of means for 5 groups ml O2 /g/hr Not Reported Adult 11/group Mice trapped near Palmdale, Los Angeles County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Metabolic rate and its temperature-adaptive significance in six geographic races of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Hayward, J. S.
Pages
309-323
Year
Volume
43
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean 20.38 g Not Reported Not Reported 5 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

Citation:

Population density, census methods, habitat relationships, and home range of the San Joaquin Antelope squirrel, 1988-1989

Author(s)
Harris, John H. and Danielle M. Stearns
Pages
37
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Nongame Bird and Mammal Section
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Home Range 10.81 minimum convex polygon estimate, corrected for sample size bias, based on radiotelemetry and mark-release trapping ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 15 Elkhorn Plain Ecological Reserve Exposure Factor Datasets San Luis Obispo 12.53 SD
Population Density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Elkhorn Plain Ecological Reserve Exposure Factor Datasets San Luis Obispo

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Citation:

Seasonal variation in body weight, fat, and behaviour of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, Kay E. and Scott Nunes
Pages
1425-1433
Year
Issue
6
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean 589 g Female Adult 41 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz pregnant
Body Weight - Mean 571 g Female Adult 100 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz lactating
Citation:

Natural history of the ground squirrels of California

Author(s)
Grinnel, J. and J.S. Dixon
Pages
597-708
Year
Volume
7
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 592 g Female Adult 10 Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 76 #/acre Not Reported Not Reported 3 counts Walnut Creek Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Circulating prolactin in free-living california ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, Kay E., Scott Nunes, and Frank Talamantes
Pages
484-492
Year
Volume
71
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Molt April; June; July Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz
Citation:

Energy requirements and diet of the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Schitoskey, Frank, Jr. and Sarah R. Woodmansee
Pages
373-382
Year
Issue
2
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition see citation list of mean % of 25 items in monthly diets, based on stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 12-40/mo San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets Madera
Citation:

The annual cycle of the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Tomich, P. Quentin
Pages
213-282
Year
Volume
65
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 373 referred to as "young females" g Female Juvenile 115 Davis and Dixon Exposure Factor Datasets Solano, Yolo 150.5
Time of Mating/ Laying Mar. - Apr. Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Davis and Dixon Exposure Factor Datasets Solano, Yolo
Citation:

Reproductive behaviour and multiple paternity of California ground squirrels

Author(s)
Boellstorff, Diane E., Donald H. Owings, Maria Cecilia T. Penedo and Marta J. Hersek
Pages
1057-1064
Year
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density range over 2 yrs #/ha Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Camp Ohlone, East Bay Regional Park District Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda
Citation:

Multiple litters in the California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi fisheri, in Tulare county

Author(s)
Simpson, G. L., and T.K. Lamunyon
Pages
101-104
Year
Volume
9
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Clutches or Litters per year evidence for 2nd litter in 20% of reproductively active females litters/yr Female Adult Not Reported Coho creek Exposure Factor Datasets Tulare

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)

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 Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean g Female Adult Not Reported San Simon Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Growth Rate see citation figure of changes in weight over time Both Male and Female Juvenile 90 San Simon Valley, Portal (elev., 1370 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Organ weights and serum total cholesterol in the kangarooo rat (Dipodomys merriami)

Author(s)
Robinson, P.F., Henry J. Montoye, David B. Dill, Ling, Nan-Sing, Todor Kresteff
Pages
403-408
Year
Volume
31
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 39.6 g Female Not Reported 11 captured at Boulder City, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 7.1 SD Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 34.2 g Male Not Reported 16 captured at Boulder City, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 3.8 SD Laboratory
Citation:

Breeding of captive kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami and D. microps

Author(s)
Daly, M., Margo I. Wilson and P. Behrends
Pages
338-341
Year
Issue
2
Volume
65
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity 64 youngest age of female conceiving d Female Adult 51 Exposure Factor Datasets 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 Error
Body Weight - Mean 32.6 g Female Adult 154 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 4.1 SD
Body Weight - Mean 3 g Not Reported Neonate Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Growth Rate see citation figure of logistic growth curve for changes in body weight over time Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 1 - 12 mo
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning < 1 mo Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Dispersal distance and the range of nightly movements in Merriam's kangaroo rats

Author(s)
Jones, Thomas W.
Pages
27-34
Year
Issue
1
Volume
70
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 50.0 median lifetime distance moved from home range center (from first to last capture) m Female Adult 16 Portal Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 7413 estimated via minimum convex polygon method m2 Male Adult 5 Portal Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Life history notes on Merriam's kangaroo rat in southern Arizona

Author(s)
Reynolds, Hudson G.
Pages
48-58
Year
Volume
41
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean range of seasonal body weights g Male Adult 644 Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000 - 4500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size 2.02 embryos/female Female Adult 133 Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000 - 4500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Grasses: Oryzopsis hymenoides (18.0%); Hilaria rigida (13.7%); Tridens pulchella (3.3%); Bromus rubens (4.7%); Annual forbs: Plantago insularis (16.6%); Eriogonum spp. (14.3%); Phacelia spp. (6.8%); Vegetative plant parts: Phacelia spp. (6.0%); Erodium circutarium (3.2%); Misc. (8.4%) % volume in cheek pouches of major (>2%) food items % Not Reported Not Reported 54 Las Vegas Valley, Clark County (elev., 2500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Comparative ecology of sympatric Dipodomys agilis and Dipodomys merriami in southern California

Author(s)
McClenaghan, Leroy R.
Pages
175-185
Year
Issue
14
Volume
29
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 29 #/ha Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Jacumba (elev., 988 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Home range dynamics in a population of heteromyid rodents

Author(s)
Maza, B.G., N.R. French and A.P. Aschwanden
Pages
405-425
Year
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 37.3 home range expressed as "sigma" (radius within which the probability of an animal being present is 39%) m Both Male and Female Not Reported 9 sampling periods U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nevada Test Site Exposure Factor Datasets

Stephens' Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensi)

Citation:

Growth and development of Dipodomys stephensi

Author(s)
Lackey, James A.
Pages
624-632
Year
Volume
48
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 40 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 31 d Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 46.1 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 63 d Laboratory
Citation:

Dipodomys stephensi

Author(s)
Bleich, Vernon C.
Pages
1-3
Year
Volume
73
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Diet of Stephens' Kangaroo rat, Dipodomys stephensi

Author(s)
Lowe, Margot
Pages
358-361
Year
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition Erodium cicutarium leaf (19.4%) and seed (18.8%); Schismus barbatus non-seed (15.3%) and seed (2.8%); unidentified grass (14.1%); Bromus madritensis (7.1%); insect (8.1%); Hirschfeldia incana seed (4.7%); Eriogonom fasciculatum seed (3.5%); Salsola tragus seed (3.4%); Amsinckia menziesii seed (2.4%); Artemesia californica seed (0.9%) annual % frequency of occurrence in fecal pellets % Not Reported Not Reported 5-10 pellets/mo Mottee Rimrock Reserve and San Jacinto Wildlife Area Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside

Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

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 Error
Body Weight - Mean 7.2 g Male Adult 66 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.7 SD
Body Weight - Mean 7.3 g Female Adult 67 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 1.1 SD
Citation:

Home range dynamics in a population of heteromyid rodents

Author(s)
Maza, B.G., N.R. French and A.P. Aschwanden
Pages
405-425
Year
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 19.0 home range expressed as "sigma" (radius within which the probability of an animal being present is 39%) m Both Male and Female Not Reported 4 sampling periods U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nevada Test Site Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Food relationships of a rodent fauna in a California coastal sage scrub community

Author(s)
Meserve, Peter L.
Pages
300-319
Year
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition see citation monthly % volume of food items (detailed species-specific list) in feces % Both Male and Female Not Reported 3 - 26/mo Irvine Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Orange

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

Citation:

A comparative study of daily water-intake among certain taxonomic and geographic groups within the genus Peromyscus

Author(s)
Ross, Llewellyn G.
Pages
326-338
Year
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Water Ingestion Rate range of means from 10 experiments cc/g/d Both Male and Female Not Reported 4-8 animals/experiment; 10 experiments Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

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 Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Time of Mating/ Laying spring-summer period of peak activity Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Douglas fir forest, Vancouver Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
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