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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Energy requirements during reproduction of Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Stebbins, L.L.
Pages
1701-1704
Year
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 29.0 g Female Adult 8 captured in Lethbridge, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets lactating 1.0 SE Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 23.9 g Female Adult 8 captured in Lethbridge, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets lactating (end) 0.47 SE Laboratory
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 33.6 g Female Adult 45 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 1-2 d postpartum 0.7 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 1.70 g Both Male and Female Neonate 165 adults captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets 0.02 SE Laboratory

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 0.22 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Adult 90 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.02 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 0.24 mean dry stomach content mass g Male Adult 121 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.02 SE
Citation:

Metabolic characteristics of mountain, desert and coastal populations of Peromyscus

Author(s)
Murie, Martin
Pages
723-740
Year
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 3.26 resting oxygen consumption rate at 25C cc O2/g/hr Both Male and Female Not Reported 8 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.09 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Body temperature and metabolism in subspecies of Peromyscus from arid and mesic environments

Author(s)
McNab, Brian K., and Peter Morrison
Pages
63-82
Year
Volume
33
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 19.1 g Not Reported Not Reported 29 collected near Berkeley, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.13 SE Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nebrascensis)

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
Clutch or Litter Size 3.7 pups/litter Female Adult 25 litters captured in Nebraska Exposure Factor Datasets 0.3 SE Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 2.1 g Male Neonate 33 captured in Nebraska Exposure Factor Datasets 1 d 0.1 SE 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean 18.93 g Not Reported Not Reported 5 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate MR = 9.401 - 0.254T equation relating metabolic rate (MR, cc O2/g/hr) to ambient temperature (0-27C) cc O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 5 Exposure Factor Datasets 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 Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying Mar. - Nov. (peaks; Apr.-June and Sept.-Oct.) time of breeding Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles County [lat., 37^010'N; long., 80^o30' W] Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality proportion remaining on grid over 2 wk intervals Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 5-71/group Mountain Lake Biological Station, Giles County [lat., 37^010'N; long., 80^o30' W] Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. sonoriensis)

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 Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Survival/ Mortality 88 annual mortality rate of post-weaned individuals calculated from age structure data % Both Male and Female Juvenile White Mountain (elev., 4500-7100 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono
Clutch or Litter Size 5.06 potential litter size estimated using the larger of corpora lutea count or embryo sites #/litter Female Adult 72 White Mountain (elev., 9,800 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono 0.16 SE

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Citation:

Ecology of the California ground squirrel on grazing lands

Author(s)
Fitch, Henry S.
Pages
559-596
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean range of monthly mean weights over 4 yrs g Female Adult 5 - 58/mo San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean range of monthly mean weights over 4 yrs g Male Adult 4 - 63/mo San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
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 Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Home Range 309.3 m2 Male Adult 21 Camp Ohlone [lat., 37^o29'N; long., 121^o45'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda breeding
Home Range 270 m2 Male Adult 12 Camp Ohlone [lat., 37^o29'N; long., 121^o45'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda postbreeding
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
Longevity 5 yrs Not Reported Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
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
Longevity 3+ oldest individuals recaptured yrs Male Adult 2 Calaveras Reservoir Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda, Santa Clara
Home Range 0.36 above ground area occupied for at least one mo acres Male Adult 21 Calaveras Reservoir Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda, Santa Clara
Citation:

The behaviour of California ground squirrels

Author(s)
Owings, Donald H., Mark Borchert and Ross Virginia
Pages
221-230
Year
Volume
25
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Home Range 5466.78 m2 Male Adult 2 Capay (elev., 305 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo 1897.19 SD
Home Range 4217.07 m2 Female Adult 5 Capay (elev., 305 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo 1515.67 SD
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 Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate see citation figure of body weight changes over time g/d Both Male and Female 6 litters Exposure Factor Datasets 0-50 d Laboratory
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Holekamp, K.E., S. Nunes and F. Talamantes
Pages
1051-1059
Year
Issue
5
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 28-30 d Female Adult 128 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus [lat., 37^oN; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)

Citation:

The influence of ambient temperature, seed composition and body size on water balance and seed selection in coexisting heteromyid rodents

Author(s)
Hulbert, A.J. and Richard E. MacMillen
Pages
521-526
Year
Issue
4
Volume
75
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean range of means of initial weights for 3 experimental groups g Not Reported Not Reported 9/group captured at Joshua Tree, San Bernadino County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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
Longevity 2 yrs Not Reported Adult Not Reported Portal Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 46.5 median lifetime distance moved from home range center (from first to last capture) m Male Adult 36 Portal Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Minimal metabolism, summit metabolism and plasma thryoxine in rodent from different environments

Author(s)
Hulbert, A.J., D.S. Hinds and R.E. MacMillen
Pages
687-693
Year
Volume
81
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean g Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported captured in San Bernadino and Riverside Counties, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Metabolic Rate range of mean "minimal metabolism" estimated as oxygen consumption at 32C ml O2/g/h Not Reported Not Reported 8 captured in San Bernadino and Riverside Counties, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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
Dietary Composition seed (77%); vegetation (18%); arthropod (4.5%); feces (0.5%) % of total dry matter of stomach contents % 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
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
Clutches or Litters per year litters/yr Female Adult Not Reported Las Vegas Valley, Clark County (elev., 2500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean see citation figure of seasonal changes in mean body weight g Both Male and Female Adult 2-96/mo Las Vegas Valley, Clark County (elev., 2500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
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
Clutch or Litter Size 2.46 pups/itter Female Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.72 SD
Time of Torpor or Hibernation none Female Adult Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
Citation:

Energy metabolism and body water turnover rates of two species of free-living kangaroo rats, Dipodomys merriami and Dipodomys microps

Author(s)
Mullen, Robert K.
Pages
379-390
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Metabolic Rate range of mean monthly carbon dioxide production rates in the field ml CO2/g/hr Not Reported Adult 1 - 5/mo Rock Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Metabolic Rate range of monthly estimated energy expenditures in the field kcal/g/d Not Reported Adult 1 - 5/mo Rock Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J.
Pages
1201-1219
Year
Issue
6
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 36 g Male Not Reported NR (74 males and females total) Owens Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.22 SE
Body Weight - Mean 33 g Female Not Reported NR (74 males and females total) Owens Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.32 SE
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Zeng, Zongyong and James H. Brown
Pages
1328-1340
Year
Issue
5
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 7.8 #/ha Both Male and Female Not Reported 782 Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Reynolds, Hudson G.
Pages
112-127
Year
Issue
2
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 2.02 embryos/female Female Adult Not Reported Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000-4000 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets

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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean see citation figure of changes in weight over time g Not Reported Juvenile Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 140 d Laboratory
Age at Sexual Maturity 84 earliest age of conception d Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Stephens' Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensi)

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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density 26.2 average density over 19 mo study #/ha Both Male and Female Not Reported 96 Motte Rimrock Reserve [lat., 33^o47'30"N; long., 117^o15'W] Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Population Density 36.1 average density over 19 mo study #/ha Both Male and Female Not Reported 125 Lake Mathews [lat., 33^o50'N; long., 117^o27'30"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
Clutches or Litters per year range over 2 yrs litters/yr Female Adult 8-14/yr Motte Rimrock Reserve and San Jacinto Wildlife Area Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Clutch or Litter Size 2.67 young/litter Female Adult 6 Motte Rimrock Reserve and San Jacinto Wildlife Area Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside

Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

Citation:

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

Author(s)
Chew, Robert M. and Bernard B. Butterworth
Pages
203-225
Year
Volume
45
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean range of annual weight means for 2 yrs g Both Male and Female Adult 31 - 65/yr Indian Cove, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J.
Pages
1201-1219
Year
Issue
6
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Lab
Food Ingestion Rate S = -9.37T + 408 seed consumption (S) in mg/g bw/d as a function of ambient temperature, in centigrade (T) Not Reported Not Reported 8 individuals Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate seed consumption measured in field enclosures mg/g bw/d Both Male and Female Not Reported 6 individuals Owens Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo
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 0.33 annual composite home range estimated by principal component method (95% probability) ha Not Reported Not Reported 394 recapture loci Warm Springs Valley, Washoe County Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Citation:

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

Author(s)
Flake, Lester D.
Pages
636-647
Year
Issue
3
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition ANIMAL MATTER: Coleoptera adults (10.9); Coleoptera larvae (24.4); Grasshoppers (2.6); Leaf hoppers (0.1); Lepidoptera adults (2.1); Lepidoptera larvae (17.6); Spiders (2.8); PLANT MATTER: Seeds (11.4); Total forbs (9.5) - Kochia scoparia (3.6); Total grasses and sedges (1.7); Total shrubs (1.7). estimated percent volume, by ranking method, of total matter in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 123 Pawnee National Grassland Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition ANIMAL MATTER: Coleoptera adults (10.8); Coleoptera larvae (1.4); Grasshoppers (5.7); Leaf hoppers (3.4); Lepidoptera adults (4.4); Lepidoptera larvae (1.3); Spiders (2.5); PLANT MATTER: Seeds (40.3); Total forbs (10.4) - Kochia scoparia (6.7); Total grasses and sedges (3.5); Total shrubs (1.1). estimated percent volume, by ranking method, of total matter in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 92 Pawnee National Grassland Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Bioenergetics of North Plains rodents

Author(s)
Johnson, Donald R. and Karen L. Groepper
Year
Issue
2
Volume
84
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 485 "maintenance" metabolic rate cal/g/day Not Reported Adult 6 Exposure Factor Datasets 25 SE Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 1032 maintenance (485 cal/g/d) + production (547 cal/g/d) metabolic rate cal/g/day Female Adult 1 Exposure Factor Datasets Lactating Laboratory
Citation:

Breeding by Peromyscus in seasonal environments

Author(s)
Millar, John S., F.B. Wille and Stuart L. Iverson
Pages
719-727
Year
Issue
4
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Countries Error
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 23 gestation length: 5 days pre-implantation + 18 days visible pregnancy. d Female Adult 44 Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning 22.8 calculated median age at weaning for wild populations. d Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Pinawa, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets Weaning CANADA 6.8 SD
Citation:

Metabolic rates of Peromyscus maniculatus in winter, spring and summer

Author(s)
Stebbins, Lucius L., Reginald Orich and John Nagy
Pages
99-104
Year
Volume
25
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Metabolic Rate 5.76 average daily metabolic rate estimated as oxygen consumption at -17.7C ml O2/g/hr Male Adult 4 animals placed in cages in forest near Lethbridge, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.22 SE
Metabolic Rate 4.26 average daily metabolic rate estimated by oxygen consumption at 14.45C ml O2/g/hr Male Adult 4 animals placed in cages in forest near Lethbridge, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.3 SE
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 17.6 g Both Male and Female Adult 20 White Mountain Research Station (elev., 3800 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo, Mono 2.91 SD
Citation:

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

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

Seasonal home ranges and activity of small mammals of a Colorado subalpine forest

Author(s)
Merritt, Joseph F. and Joanie M. Merritt
Pages
195 - 202
Year
Volume
23
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 0.02 area of subniven runway systems ha Male Adult 5 eastern slope, Colorado Rocky Mountains (elev., 3120 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 1.02 SE
Home Range 0.01 area of subniven runway systems ha Female Adult 5 eastern slope, Colorado Rocky Mountains (elev., 3120 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 0.36 SE
Citation:

Relationship between metabolic rate and energy expenditure for lactation in Peromyscus

Author(s)
Glazier, Douglas S.
Pages
587-590
Year
Issue
4
Volume
80
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 14.5 g Not Reported Adult 10 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.5 SE Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size 4.3 pups/litter Female Adult 10 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.36 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Home range relationships of three rodent species in southeast Oregon

Author(s)
Feldhamer, George A.
Pages
50-57
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 298.6 m2 Female Not Reported 18 greasewood habitat, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 179.2 - 640.5 (2-sigma)
Home Range 392.0 m2 Female Not Reported 8 sagebrush habitat, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 173.2 - 573.3 (2-sigma)
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
Longevity 19 maximum longevity in field mo Both Male and Female Adult 74 Portal, Cochise County (elev. 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

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

On the longevity of a deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus: A Canadian record

Author(s)
Davis, Hank
Pages
476
Year
Issue
3
Volume
104
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Longevity 7 yrs Male Adult 1 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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 Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.6 #/litter Female Adult 6 Cascade Mountains, Fish Lake [lat., 47^o, 49'N; long., 120^o, 40'W] Exposure Factor Datasets 1.37 SD

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

Citation:

Growth in the deer-mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus

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

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

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
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

California Vole (Microtus californicus)

Citation:

Extra-large body size in California voles: causes and fitness consequences

Author(s)
Lidicker, William Z., and Richard S. Ostfield
Pages
108-121
Year
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Age at Sexual Maturity 25 d Male Adult Not Reported Brooks Island, San Francisco Bay 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 0.5 litters per female per 12 wks litters/12 wks Female Adult 24 Exposure Factor Datasets subadult (4 weeks) 0.2 SE 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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Clutch or Litter Size 3.0 mean; early growing season pups/litter Female Adult 11 Russell Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa 0.8 (95%CI)
Survival/ Mortality see citation figure of seasonal changes in minimum survival rate %/28d Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 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 1115 ingested energy; fed bromegrass for 21 d cal/g/d Not Reported 7 Exposure Factor Datasets 28 d or older 35 SE Laboratory
Citation:

The demography of low-litter size populations of Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Krohne, David T.
Pages
368-374
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Survival/ Mortality see citation figure of proportion surviving/wk Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Sea Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Sonoma
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
Population Density range of minimum # alive in 8 areas at 103 weekly intervals #/ha Male Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Tilden Regional Park and Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets

Fresno Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides ssp. exilis)

Citation:

Observations on the natural history of the Fresno kangaroo rat

Author(s)
Culbertson, A.E.
Pages
189-193
Year
Volume
27
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 2.2 g Both Male and Female Neonate 7 adults captured near Fresno Exposure Factor Datasets at birth Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii)

Citation:

The relationship between food intake, body fat and reproductive inhibition in prairie deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii)

Author(s)
Cronin, Kim L. and Eric L. Bradley
Pages
669-673
Year
Issue
4
Volume
89
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean range of means for 6 sampling periods after founding g Both Male and Female Adult 16-30/group Exposure Factor Datasets 80 - 97 d 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Body Weight - Mean Range of mean body weights for females with varying litter sizes (2-9) g Female Adult 3 - 97 Exposure Factor Datasets Gestating - Lactating Laboratory
Citation:

Some factors affecting the distribution of the prairie vole, forest deer mouse, and prairie deer mouse.

Author(s)
Dice, Lee R.
Pages
29-47
Year
Volume
3
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Water Ingestion Rate 0.126 total daily water intake (water drunk + water in food) at 21C cc/g/d Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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