Rodents (Rodentia)

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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 Age-Specific Condition Error Lab
Growth Rate 0.36 average growth between birth and weaning. g/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 57 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 0-21 d Nursing 0.01 SE Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate food ingestion during lactation; minimum from 0-3 d postpartum, maximum at 12-15 d postpartum. g/d Female Adult 41 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 15 d Lactation 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 Condition Countries Error Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 3.67 daily ingestion rate; animals fed Purina lab chow; body weight averaged 20.34 g g/d Female Adult 40 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets non-breeding 0.11 SE Laboratory
Growth Rate 0.22 difference in weight of newly emerged young between 1st and 2nd capture/ time interval (4-11d) g/d Female Juvenile 30 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.05 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 194.2 cumulative food ingestion from parturition to weaning (approx. 24 d); Purina lab chow g Female Adult 37 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets lactating 5.5 SE Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 67 over-winter survival % Female Adult 6 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets 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 0.3 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Adult 97 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.03 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 0.14 mean dry stomach content mass g Male Juvenile 69 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.01 SE
Citation:

Comparative energetics in two sympatric species of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Mazen, Walter S. and Robert L. Rudd
Pages
573-574
Year
Issue
3
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 7.9 average long term metabolic rate, assessed overnight cc O2/g/h Both Male and Female Not Reported 20 collected 5 km east of Chico, Butte County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.139 SD Laboratory
Body Fat (total or %) 14.99 % Both Male and Female Not Reported 36 collected 5 km east of Chico, Butte County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 2.68 SD 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 Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity 60 youngest age at conception d Male Adult Not Reported captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Age at Sexual Maturity 35 youngest age at conception d Female Adult Not Reported captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nubiterrae)

Citation:

Influence of temperature on the water balance of three parapatric species of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Blackwell, Trudie L. and Edward B. Pivorun
Pages
70-75
Year
Issue
1
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Water Ingestion Rate 0.11 experimental temperature = 15C g/g/d Male Adult 12 captured in Macon County, NC Exposure Factor Datasets 0.01 SE Laboratory
Water Ingestion Rate 0.12 experimental temperature = 27C g/g/d Male Adult 12 captured in Macon County, NC Exposure Factor Datasets 0.01 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Postnatal growth and development of Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterrae

Author(s)
Linzey, A. V.
Pages
152-155
Year
Volume
51
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 4.2 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 62 Exposure Factor Datasets 1 wk 0.13 Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 17.1 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 59 Exposure Factor Datasets 10 wks 0.43 Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. sonoriensis)

Citation:

Effect of altitude on oxygen consumption of deer mice: relation of temperature and season

Author(s)
Hock, Raymond J. and Jane C. Roberts
Pages
365-376
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 3.68 oxygen consumption at 20C ml O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 9 captured at White Mountain Research Station or Salton Sea, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.272 SE Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 2.68 oxygen consumption at 32C ml O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 9 captured at White Mountain Research Station or Salton Sea, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.349 SE 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 30 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 22 d Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 40 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 31 d Laboratory
Citation:

Aggressive behavior of Dipodomys stephensi, an endangered species, and Dipodomys agilis, a sympatric congener

Author(s)
Bleich, Vernon C. and Mary V. Price
Pages
646-651
Year
Volume
76
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 62.30 g Female Adult 5 captured 3 days prior at Lake Mathews, Riverside County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 2.40 SD 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
Population Density review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

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 Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Torpor or Hibernation Sept. - Mar. or Apr. Not Reported Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Time of Mating/ Laying Apr. - May Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Citation:

Growth and development of the little pocket mouse, Perognathus longimembris

Author(s)
Hayden, P. and J.J. Gambino
Pages
187-197
Year
Volume
30
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 various ages (0 - 60 d) with calculated instantaneous growth rates g Not Reported Juvenile 26 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 1.3 weight at birth g Not Reported Neonate 26 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

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 Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean range of means over 3 yrs in 2 habitat types g Female Adult Not Reported Santa Barbara Island [lat.,33^o29' N, long., 119^o02' W] Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean range of means over 3 yrs in 2 habitat types during 2 seasons g Male Adult Not Reported Santa Barbara Island [lat.,33^o29' N, long., 119^o02' W] Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Microhabitat segregation in two desert rodent species: the relation of prey availability to diet

Author(s)
Harris, John H.
Pages
417-421
Year
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition ARTHROPODS (72-90% total) - Lepidoptera larvae (5-11); Coleoptera (7-8); June Beetles (0-3); Jerusalum crickets (0-19); Ants (0); Orthoptera (1); Spiders (1-2); Lygaeid bugs (56-83); Scorpions (0); Solfugids (0-1); Diptera (0-1); GREEN VEGETATION (0-3% total);SEEDS (10-25% total). % weight of prey in fecal pellets; range of mean values over 2 yrs % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 20-24 Mono Lake (elev., 2000m) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono
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 (53.4 %); fungi (9.5%); seeds (22.1%); berries (7.4%); chlorophyllous plant matter (3.0%); achlorophyllous plant matter (4.7%) % total volume of stomach contents. % Not Reported Not Reported 180 uncut and selectively cut forest, Manitouwadge, Ontario [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 85^o50'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Dietary Composition arthropods (19.7-37.3%); fungi (5.8-17.8%); seeds (14.0-43.0%); berries (9.1-56.8%); chlorophyllous plant matter (1.1 - 3.8%); achlorophyllous plant matter (1.2-1.3%) % total volume of stomach contents; range over 3 yrs % Not Reported Not Reported 58 - 153/yr clear cut forest, Manitouwadge, Ontario [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 85^o50'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Condition Error Lab
Body Fat (total or %) 12.7 % Both Adults and Juveniles 47 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.45
Age at Sexual Maturity 17 years Both Male and Female Adult 23 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 2 years Alpine 0 Laboratory
Dietary Composition food Both Male and Female Adult 23 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 2 years Alpine breeding
Citation:

Resource allocation in some sympatric subalpine rodents

Author(s)
Vaughan, Terry A.
Pages
764-795
Year
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of mean densities measured over 3 years #/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Rabbit Ears Pass, subalpine meadows (3020 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition seeds (57.2-60.3 %), arthropods (13.0-21.8 %), cutworms (9.4-13.2%), flowers (1.1-4.5 %), leaves (1.9-8.2 %), fruit (1.0%), fungus (5.4%) dietary composition based on stomach content analysis over two years Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 81-159 Rabbit Ears Pass, subalpine meadows (3020 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Some rodent populations in the Sierra Nevada of California

Author(s)
Storer, T.I., F.C. Evans and F.G. Palmer
Pages
166-192
Year
Issue
2
Volume
14
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of means for 4 trapping periods #/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 4 trapping periods Bass Lake (elev., 4500 ft.) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

A study of prairie deer mouse populations in southern Michigan

Author(s)
Blair, W. Frank
Pages
273-309
Year
Volume
24
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 0.63 acres Male Adult 70 Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4
Home Range 0.51 acres Female Adult 64 Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4
Citation:

Dispersion and numbers in Peromyscus populations

Author(s)
Metzgar, Lee H.
Pages
26 - 31
Year
Volume
103
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of monthly estimates #/ha Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
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 monthly means at sites with excess artificial food (whole oats), includes pregnant animals g Female Adult 5-26/mo University of British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Body Weight - Mean range of monthly means at control sites, includes pregnant animals g Female Adult 1-8/mo University of British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Intraspecific variation in body size, metabolic rate, and reproduction of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Author(s)
Earle, Michael and D. M. Lavigne
Pages
381-388
Year
Issue
2
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Body Weight - Mean range of means from 3 sites g Female Adult 18-29 captured at Milk River, Alberta [lat., 49^o07'N; long., 111^o45'W] and Sydney, British Columbia, Canada [lat., 48^o43'N; long., 123^o20'W] Exposure Factor Datasets at parturition Laboratory
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 18.4 g Both Male and Female Adult 16 White Mountain Research Station (elev., 1,230-1,460 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo, Mono 1.83 SD
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 16.6 g Male Adult 37 Pinyon-juniper zone near Westgard Pass (elev., 2500 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 2.0 SD
Citation:

Oxygen consumption in several small wild mammals

Author(s)
Morrison, Peter R.
Pages
281-292
Year
Volume
31
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Metabolic Rate basal metabolic rate measured as oxygen consumption at 26 - 29C; body weight range = 15.2 - 17.1g cc O2/g/hr Male Adult 2 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Effects of reproduction on maternal survial and subsequent reproduction in northern Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Millar, John S., Elissa M. Derrickson and S.T.P. Sharpe
Pages
1129-1134
Year
Volume
70
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Survival/ Mortality % survival to end of breeding season, range over 5 yrs % Female Adult 15 - 43 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Geographic variation in litter size of small mammals in the central Appalachian region

Author(s)
McLaren, Suzanne B. and Gordon L. Kirkland Jr.
Pages
123-126
Year
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.387 based on embryo counts in museum specimen embryos/female Female Adult 623 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.085 SE

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

Citation:

Salt tolerance and water requirements in the salt-marsh harvest mouse

Author(s)
Haines, Howard
Pages
266-272
Year
Volume
37
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Water Ingestion Rate range of mean daily consumption rates (% body weight) for control animals % BW/d Not Reported Not Reported 3-5 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) and the Montezuma Power Plant site

Author(s)
Shellhammer, H.S.
Pages
27-32
Year
Volume
1979
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density #/ha Not Reported Not Reported 32 Collinsville Exposure Factor Datasets Solano
Citation:

Reithrodontomys raviventris

Author(s)
Shellhammer, Howard
Pages
1-3
Year
Volume
169
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

California Vole (Microtus californicus)

Citation:

Spatial structuring and dispersal in a high density population of the California vole Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Heske, Edward J.
Pages
137-148
Year
Volume
10
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean > 40 g Female Adult Not Reported Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding
Home Range 103 estimated by minimum area polygon m2 Male Adult Not Reported Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding
Citation:

Viability of large- and small- sized adults in fluctuating vole populations

Author(s)
Boonstra, Rudy and Charles J. Krebs
Pages
567-573
Year
Issue
3
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Survival/ Mortality .635 minimum survival rate per 2 wks Male Adult 8 breeding seasons (6 populations pooled) Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets breeding season
Survival/ Mortality .739 minimum survival rate per 2 wks Female Adult 7 breeding seasons (6 populations pooled) Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets breeding season
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 California Counties
Dietary Composition grass heads (1.3%); grass leaves (78.9%); grass stems (9.2%); grass roots (0.3%); Forb leaves (9.3%);
Forb stems (0.4%); Forb roots (0.1%); Vole hair (0.4%) 		composition of stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 750 items/15 voles Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Dietary Composition grass heads (72.6%); grass leaves (4.2%); grass stems (2.0%); grass roots (0.4%); Forb leaves (15.4%); Forb stems (2.6%); Forb roots (2.0%); vole hair (0.8%) composition of stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 500 items/10 voles Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
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 California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 24.4 median weight at sexual maturity g Female Adult 30 Sea Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Sonoma
Body Weight - Mean 20.4 median weight at sexual maturity g Female Adult 69 Orinda, Layfayette, Russell Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Clutches or Litters per year 1.0 litters per female per 12 wks litters/12 wks Female Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.2 SE Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 3.3 young/litter Female Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets subadult (4 wks) 0.7 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Adaptations in movement patterns of two species of salt-marsh rodents

Author(s)
Fisler, George F.
Pages
96-103
Year
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density #/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported San Pablo salt marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Home Range range of average maximum distance between captures for groups recaptured 2-9 times m Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported San Pablo salt marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
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 Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Survival/ Mortality range of mean minimum survival rates per 14 d Female Adult 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality range of mean minimum survival rates per 14 d measured Female Juvenile 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets "subadult" (26-39g)

Pacific Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris ssp. pacificus)

Citation:

Draft recovery plan for the pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus)

Author(s)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Pages
93
Publisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Field Office
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 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 Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 20.8 g Both Male and Female Adult 8 Exposure Factor Datasets winter-acclimatized 1.24 SE Laboratory
Body Fat (total or %) 9.2 fat as % of total body weight % Both Male and Female Adult 8 Exposure Factor Datasets summer-acclimatized Laboratory
Citation:

Reproduction by Peromyscus maniculatus: size and compromise

Author(s)
Myers, Philip and Lawrence L. Master
Pages
1-18
Year
Volume
64
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity d Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size #/litter Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production in male prarie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) in different reproductive conditions and group densities

Author(s)
Staubs, Patricia A. and Eric L. Bradley
Pages
287-294
Year
Volume
119
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 6522 oxygen consumption of active animals at 23C ml/kg/hr Male Adult 6 Exposure Factor Datasets active 335.5 SE Laboratory
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