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Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)

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
Home Range 0.466 average range; estimated as enclosed space occupied by used traps plus one-half distance to closest unused trap acres Male Adult 11 Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000 - 4500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.373 average range; estimated as enclosed space occupied by used traps plus one-half distance to closest unused trap acres Female Adult 13 Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000 - 4500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.243 average range; estimated as enclosed space occupied by used traps plus one-half distance to closest unused trap acres Both Male and Female Juvenile 14 Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000 - 4500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Comparative population ecology of eleven species of rodents in the Chihuahuan Desert

Author(s)
Brown, J. H. and Z. Zeng
Pages
46-63
Year
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 7.93 mean density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 968 Portal, Cochise County (elev. 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 42.8 g Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 968 Portal, Cochise County (elev. 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Reproduction and food habits of Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami

Author(s)
Bradley, W. Glenn and Roger A. Mauer
Pages
497-507
Year
Issue
3
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 2.6 estimated by embryo counts pups /litter Female Adult 163 Las Vegas Valley, Clark County (elev., 2500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Age at Sexual Maturity <2 age when reproductive activity observed mo Both Male and Female Adult 10 Las Vegas Valley, Clark County (elev., 2500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Consumption of herbaceaous vegetation and water during reproduction and development of Merriam's Kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami

Author(s)
Soholt, Lars F.
Pages
445-457
Year
Issue
2
Volume
98
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Water Ingestion Rate 10.7 estimated from food intake (rolled oats and carrots) g/d Female Adult 4-9 captured in Clark County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets lactating Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 2.8 young/litter Female Adult Not Reported captured in Clark County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Population Density #/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 9 winters Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000-4000 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Food Ingestion Rate 12 body weight maintanance requirement based on a rolled barley diet % body weight/d Both Male and Female Not Reported 10 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Longevity 8.3 mean length of life at study site mo Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Jacumba (elev., 988 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Range use patterns and spatial relationships of Merriams's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami)

Author(s)
Behrends, Philip, Martin Daly and Margo I. Wilson
Pages
187-209
Year
Volume
96
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range of mean home range in 3 study periods estimated by radiotelemetry ha Female Adult 7-10 Boyde Deep Canyon Reserve (elev., 300m) Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Home Range range of mean home range in 3 study periods estimated by radiotelemetry ha Male Adult 8-11 Boyde Deep Canyon Reserve (elev., 300m) Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
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 36.2 g Male Adult 162 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 3.7 SD
Time of Hatching or Parturition Feb. - June Female Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
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
Water Ingestion Rate log10(WI) = 0.652log10(BW) - 0.549 equation relating whole-animal water influx (WI) to body weight (BW, g); r^2 = 0.206 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

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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate see citation figure relating body weight or length to age g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 63 d Laboratory
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
Citation:

Temporal and spatial demographic patterns in Dipodomys stephensi from Riverside County, California

Author(s)
McClenaghan, Leroy R. Jr. and Ernest Taylor
Pages
636-645
Year
Volume
74
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Survival/ Mortality range of minimum rate of survival of individuals in the trappable population per mo, measured over 19 mo at 3 sites Both Male and Female Adult 110-234 Lake Mathews [lat., 33^o50'N; long., 117^o27'30"W]; Motte Rimrock Reserve [lat., 33^o47'30"N; long., 117^o15'W] and San Jacinto Wildlife Area [lat., 33^o52'N; long., 117^o7'15"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
Growth Rate 19.00 (20-29g); 8.82 (30-39g); 8.80 (40-49g); 0.94 (60-69g) mass specific growth rates pooled by sex and site expressed as change in body mass per mo for 4 weight classes (20-69g) g/mo Both Male and Female Not Reported 1-125/site and sex Motte 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 7.3 g Female Adult 67 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 1.1 SD
Clutch or Litter Size 4.75 pups/litter Female Adult 16 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.77 SD
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
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 California Counties
Foraging Distance < 50 maximum distance moved by individuals in one trap night m Not Reported Not Reported 219 Owens Valley (1,220 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo

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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
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
Population Density 372 maximum density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported grassland habitat, Santa Barbara Island, [lat.,33^o29' N, long., 119^o02' W] Exposure Factor Datasets 30 SD
Population Density 17 minimum 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 8 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 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:

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 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
Body Weight - Mean range of body weights for ages 3-30 days g Both Male and Female Juvenile 5-37/time Exposure Factor Datasets 3-30 d Laboratory
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 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
Body Fat (total or %) 0.6 total body fat g Female Adult 21 Pinyon-juniper zone near Westgard Pass (elev., 2500 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.3 SD
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Error
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:

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
Age at Sexual Maturity based on presence of swollen tubules of cauda epididymides and enlarged seminal vesicles, ages inferred from body weights d Male 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
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 0.35 acres Female Juvenile 8 Consolidation Coal Company test pit, Roundup Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.51 acres Male Adult 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 Error Lab
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
Food Ingestion Rate amount of grain removed per mouse per day at site receiving supplemental food g/animal/d Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Body Weight - Mean 16.2 g Male Adult 86 Cascade Mountains, Fish Lake [lat., 47^o,49'N; long., 120^o, 40'W] Exposure Factor Datasets 2.0 SD
Body Weight - Mean 16.5 g Female Adult 45 Cascade Mountains, Fish Lake [lat., 47^o, 49'N; long., 120^o, 40'W] Exposure Factor Datasets non-pregnant 2.3 SD
Citation:

Individual consistency of maximal oxygen consumption in deer mice

Author(s)
Hayes, J.P. and M.A. Chappell
Pages
495-503
Year
Volume
4
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Metabolic Rate see citation figure of oxygen consumption rates at different temperature, altitude and exercise regimes ml O2/min Both Male and Female Adult 25-213 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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 15-47/mo Irvine Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Orange
Citation:

The ecology of the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus in a coastal coniferous forest. II. Reproduction

Author(s)
Sadleir, R.M.F.S.
Pages
119-131
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.52 based on embryo counts #/litter Female Adult 57 University of British Columbia Research Forest Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 1.16 SD
Citation:

Body composition, energy content, and lipid cycles of four species of rodents

Author(s)
Fleharty, Eugene D., M. E. Krause and Dan P. Stinnett
Pages
426-438
Year
Issue
2
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Fat (total or %) lipid content as % dry body weight % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 12 /season Ellis 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 California Counties
Population Density range for 4 habitat types #/1000 m2 Not Reported Not Reported 3 - 128 animals/type Palo Alto Baylands Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Clara
Survival/ Mortality 2/19 2 out of 19 juveniles reached adult size survival ratio Not Reported Juvenile Not Reported Palo Alto Baylands Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Clara

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
Age at Sexual Maturity 30 time when females became perforate and males became scrotal d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Duration of Incubation or Gestation d Both Male and Female Embryo Not Reported 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 Female Adult 1 - 42 Russell Reservation, Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa breeding
Body Weight - Mean range of mean values for 4 grids over 3 yrs g Female Adult 1 - 24 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 3.45 inhabiting perennial grassland enclosure pups/litter Female Adult 20 captured in Sonoma County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.32 SE Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 5.23 inhabiting annual grassland enclosure pups/litter Female Adult 42 captured in Contra Costa County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.33 SE Laboratory
Growth Rate 2.9 change in body weight g/wk Male Juvenile 18 captured in Sonoma County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.3 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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Error
Home Range 87.5 estimated by minimum area probability (0.95) method m2 Male Adult 2 Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets subadult Contra Costa 1.5 SE
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean <25 g Both Male and Female Juvenile Richmond Field Station and Russel Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Body Weight - Mean >40 g Male Adult Richmond Field Station and Russel Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
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 157 fed ryegrass seeds for 21 d mg/g/d Not Reported 8 Exposure Factor Datasets 28 d or older 5 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
Longevity 1 maximum length of life in wild yr Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Exposure Factor Datasets Marin
Time of Mating/ Laying Jan. - June major breeding season Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported San Francisco Bay, San Rafael Exposure Factor Datasets Marin
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size pups/litter Female Adult 35 females 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Survival/ Mortality see citation figure of percent survival of juveniles and sub-adults % Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Douglas fir forest, Vancouver Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Home Range 2009 elliptical home range based on distribution of capture points m2 Male Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Douglas fir forest, Vancouver 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 0.592 calculated for free-living animals kcal/g/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 0.790 calculated for free-living animals kcal/g/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 5.0 "not high" temperature group #/litter Both Male and Female Neonate 150 captured pregnant mice in spring at Ann Arbor, MI Exposure Factor Datasets 0 d Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 5.6 "not high" temperature group #/litter Both Male and Female Neonate 98 captured pregnant mice during fall at Ann Arbor, MI Exposure Factor Datasets 0 d Laboratory
Citation:

Food of Mus musculus, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi and Peromyscus leucopus in Vigo County, Indiana

Author(s)
Whitaker, John O., Jr.
Pages
473 - 486
Year
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition lepidopterous larvae (15.4%); misc. vegetation (14.7%); wheat seeds (11.8%); soybeans (10.5%); unidentified seeds (7.2%); corn (5.6%); green vegetation (5.1%); coleoptera (3.6%); Lespedeza seeds (2.3%) % volume of major (>2%) food items in stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 444 Vigo County Exposure Factor Datasets
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 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

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 20.34 g Female Adult 40 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets Non-breeding 0.42 SE Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 80 average summer survival per 14 d % Both Male and Female Adult 877 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets "overwintered adults" CANADA
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

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

San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

Citation:

Ammospermophilus nelsoni

Author(s)
Best, Troy L., Amy S. Titus, Cynthia L. Lewis and Katharine Caesar
Pages
1-7
Year
Volume
367
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying review Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

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 707 g Male Adult 306 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz reproductively active
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutches or Litters per year 1 litter/yr Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size based on embryo counts young/litter Female Adult Not Reported 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 Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Torpor or Hibernation see citation figure of seasonal activity patterns, including hibernation Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Santa Barbara; Bell Ranch; Hastings Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Citation:

Latitude and litter size of the California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi

Author(s)
Chapman, Joseph A. and Gordon S. Lind
Pages
101-105
Year
Volume
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size range of means for 2 sites young/litter Female Adult 9-13/site Douglas and Benton counties {lat., 43-44.5^oN] Exposure Factor Datasets
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 Units Sex Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 9.3 g Both Male and Female 34 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 wks Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 64.2 g Both Male and Female 22 Exposure Factor Datasets 4 wks Laboratory
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 Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.75 resting oxygen consumption at 25-28C ml O2/g/ h Both Male and Female Adult 26 captured at San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets 0.21 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Home range, population structure, and spatial organization of California ground squirrels

Author(s)
Boellstorff, Diane E. and Donald H. Owings
Pages
551-561
Year
Issue
2
Volume
76
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range of means for 2 yrs m2 Female Adult 0-12/yr Camp Ohlone [lat., 37^o29'N; long., 121^o45'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean see citation figure of monthly changes in body weight g Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 2 - 106/sample Calaveras Reservior Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda, Santa Clara
Citation:

An experimental study of dispersal in the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Dobson, F. Stephen
Pages
1103-1109
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Migration or Dispersal June - Aug. dispersal of young Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Hastings Natural History Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey

San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides)

Citation:

The reproduction of heteromyid rodents in captivity

Author(s)
Eisenberg, John F. and Donald E. Isaac
Pages
61-67
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 2.3 pups/litter Female Adult 12 litters Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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