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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Citation:

The pinnipeds of the California current

Author(s)
Antonelis, George A. and Clifford H. Fiscus
Pages
68-78
Year
Volume
21
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean 9 kg Not Reported Neonate Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Studies on the biology of the California sea lion and the northern elephant seal on San Nicolas Island, California

Author(s)
Odell, Daniel Keith
Pages
p.147
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Territory Size 130 m2 Male Adult 24-25 males San Nicolas Island, CA Exposure Factor Datasets breeding
Time of Hatching or Parturition May/June Not Reported Pup 127 pups San Nicolas Island Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

The effect of El Nino on pup development in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) II: Milk intake

Author(s)
Iverson, S. J., O.T. Oftedal and D.J. Boness
Pages
180-184
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Body Weight - Mean 10.32 kg Male Pup 7 San Nicolas Island Exposure Factor Datasets 30 d 0.715 SE
Citation:

Longevity of captive mammals

Author(s)
Jones, Marvin L.
Pages
113-128
Year
Issue
2
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Longevity 28 captive longevity record yrs Not Reported Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Relationship between heart rate and oxygen consumption during steady-state swimming in California sea lions

Author(s)
Butler, P. J., A. J. Woakes, I.L. Boyd and S. Kanatous
Pages
35-42
Year
Volume
170
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 5.1 resting metabolic rate ml O2/min/kg Both Male and Female Juvenile 6 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Validation of heart rate and doubly labelled water as measures of metabolic rate during swimming in California sea lions

Author(s)
Boyd, I. L., A. J. Woakes, P.J. Butler, R.W. Davis and T.M. Williams
Pages
151-160
Year
Issue
2
Volume
9
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Metabolic Rate range of mean field metabolic rates estimated by oxygen consumption using direct respirometry and doubly labelled water methods; exercise regime used to simulate swimming ml O2/min/kg Both Male and Female Juvenile 6 Exposure Factor Datasets 1 yr 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
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 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
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
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 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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties 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
Citation:

Resource allocation in some sympatric subalpine rodents

Author(s)
Vaughan, Terry A.
Pages
764-795
Year
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type 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
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
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
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

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

Citation:

Effects of salt water on food and water consumption and weight of harvest mice

Author(s)
Fisler, George F.
Pages
604-608
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 0.245 daily rate of consumption of Diablo animal chow (dry pellets) g/g/d Both Male and Female Adult 6 captured in Contra Costa County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean > 45 g 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
Survival/ Mortality range of mean minimum survival rates per 14 d Female Adult 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets

Audubon's Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

Citation:

Summer foods of the Audubon's cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni: Leporidae)

Author(s)
Scribner, Kim T. and Leslie J. Krysl
Pages
460-463
Year
Volume
27
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Grasses (32.1%); Forbs (66%) cumulative dietary frequency estimated from stomach contents (sum of all fragments of a plant species divided by total # plant fragments) % Not Reported Not Reported 172 Castro County, agricultural playa basins Exposure Factor Datasets

Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)

Citation:

Home range and mobility of brush rabbits in California chaparral

Author(s)
Connell, Joseph H.
Pages
392-405
Year
Volume
35
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Body Weight - Mean 583 g Male Adult 76 Berkeley Hills Exposure Factor Datasets 8

San Joaquin Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis ssp. mutica)

Citation:

Use of human-derived food items by urban kit foxes

Author(s)
Cypher, Brian L. and Gregory D. Warrick
Pages
34-37
Year
Volume
29
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition human derived food items (12.2%), ground squirrel (67.8%), pocket gopher (3.9%), unident. rodent (5.0%), leporid (5.0%), bird (12.2%), insect (23.3%), other (2.2%) frequency of occurrence in scats % Not Reported Not Reported 180 scats Bakersfield, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Kern
Citation:

Home range characteristics of the San Joaquin kit fox in western Kern County, California

Author(s)
Spiegel, Linda K. and Michael Bradbury
Pages
83-92
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Home Range 1.61 denning range, based on observations of marked individuals at dens km2 Both Male and Female Adult 26 south San Joaquin Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Kern 0.20 SE
Citation:

Distribution and habitat requirements of the San Joaquin kit fox in the northern extreme of their range

Author(s)
Orloff, Susan, Frank Hall and Linda Spiegel
Pages
60-70
Year
Volume
22
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition unident. vegetation (4%), California ground squirrel (83%), California pocket mice (2%), Peromyscus sp. (5%), unident. cricetid rodents (5%) percent volume of total prey items in scat % Both Male and Female Not Reported 10 scats Bethany Reservoir Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda

Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis ssp. nevadensis)

Citation:

Population dynamics of the kit fox in western Utah

Author(s)
Egoscue, Harold J.
Pages
122-127
Year
Issue
3
Volume
74
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size range of mean litter sizes over four years pups Female Adult 2-6 litters/year western Utah Exposure Factor Datasets

Fresno Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides ssp. exilis)

Citation:

Recovery of endangered kangaroo rats in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Author(s)
Williams, Daniel F. and David J. Germano
Pages
93-106
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density range of average population density in 2 habitat types #/ha Not Reported Not Reported 11-18/habitat type Pixley National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets Tulare

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii)

Citation:

Activity and food consumption in Microtus and Peromyscus

Author(s)
Hatfield, Donald M.
Pages
29-36
Year
Volume
21
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 3.01 g/24 hrs Not Reported Adult 2 Exposure Factor Datasets 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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 27 Mode d Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean g Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of northern Peromyscus maniculatus borealis

Author(s)
Millar, J.S.
Pages
510-515
Year
Issue
4
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Condition Lab
Body Weight - Mean range of mean weights for 6 time periods g Both Male and Female Juvenile 232-261 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 3-18 d Nursing Laboratory
Citation:

Demographic and life cycle characteristics of montane deer mice

Author(s)
Millar, John S. and Duncan G. Innes
Pages
574-585
Year
Issue
3
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Countries Error Lab
Growth Rate 0.20 g/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 47 adults captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets 24 - 40 d 0.05 SE Laboratory
Growth Rate 0.27 difference in weight of newly emerged young between 1st and 2nd capture/ time interval (4-11d) g/d Male Juvenile 31 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.06 SE

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 Male Adult 104 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.03 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 2.56 mean basal metabolic rate ccO2/g/h Both Male and Female Not Reported 20 collected 5 km east of Chico, Butte County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.34 SD Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nebrascensis)

Citation:

Effects of gestation on growth and development in Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Millar, John S. and Wendy D. Millar
Pages
208 - 211
Year
Volume
70
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation d Female Adult 19 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 0.13 experimental temperature = 5C 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 1.8 g Both Male and Female Neonate 80 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 d 0.02 Laboratory

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
Clutch or Litter Size 4.00 potential litter size estimated using the larger of corpora lutea count or embryo sites #/litter Female Adult 2 White Mountain (elev., 4,500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets Mono 1.00 SE

Audubon's Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii ssp. audubonii)

Citation:

Natural history observations on the Audubon cottontail

Author(s)
Ingles, Lloyd G.
Pages
227-250
Year
Volume
22
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range up to 15 acres Male Adult 11 Sacramento Valley, Durham Exposure Factor Datasets

Riparian Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani ssp. riparius)

Citation:

Status review of the riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) in California

Author(s)
Larsen, Caryla J.
Pages
1-22
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Nongame Bird and Mammal Section Report
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying review reported breeding season occurs from January to May (from unpublished reports) Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Caswell Memorial State Park Exposure Factor Datasets

Ornate Shrew (Sorex ornatus)

Citation:

Minimum and maximum metabolic rates of Sorex sinuosus

Author(s)
Newman, James R. and Robert L. Rudd
Pages
371-380
Year
Volume
23
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 3.7 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 7 captured at Suisun and San Pablo Bay Exposure Factor Datasets 0.3 Laboratory

Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus)

Citation:

Behavioral and ecological aspects of gleaning by a desert insectivorous bat, Antrozous pallidus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Author(s)
Bell, G.P.
Pages
217-223
Year
Issue
3
Volume
10
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Countries
Dietary Composition Lepidoptera (48%), Coleoptera (25%), Orthoptera (14%), Other (Neuroptera, Chilopoda, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Arachnida, Diptera, Odonata, Perognathus flavus; 13%) percent occurrence in diet based on on culled parts and scat analysis % Not Reported Adult 150 bats Hidalgo county Exposure Factor Datasets breeding MEXICO
Citation:

Social effects of roosting on the metabolism of the pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)

Author(s)
Trune, Dennis R., and C.N. Slobodchikoff
Pages
656-663
Year
Issue
4
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Body Weight - Mean 23.0 g Male Adult 5 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Natural history of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus (LeConte)

Author(s)
Orr, Robert T.
Pages
165-246
Year
Issue
4
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Food Ingestion Rate range of mean daily intake of mealworms by captive bats g/d Both Male and Female Adult 3 bats Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Citation:

Coyote, Canis latrans, ecology in a rural-urban environment

Author(s)
Atkinson, K.T. and D.M. Shackleton
Pages
49-54
Year
Volume
105
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Time of Mating/ Laying Jan. - Apr. Both Male and Female Adult 10 Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Population dynamics of coyotes in southeastern Colorado

Author(s)
Gese, Eric M., Orrin J. Rongstad and William R. Mytton
Pages
174-181
Year
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Survival/ Mortality 0.52 mean annual survival rate Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Trinidad (elev., 1310-1740 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 1-2 yrs
Citation:

Home range, movements, and habitat use of coyotes in southcentral Georgia

Author(s)
Holzman, Stephen, Michael J. Conroy and John Pickering
Pages
139-146
Year
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 10.1 overall home range estimated by minimum convex method (95% probability) km2 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 12 McRae and Irwin Counties Exposure Factor Datasets 6.9 (95% CI)
Citation:

Food habits and average weights of a fall-winter sample of eastern coyotes, Canis latrans

Author(s)
Moore, Gary C. and John S. Millar
Pages
105-106
Year
Volume
100
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Weight - Mean 13.32 unskinned weight estimated from skinned weight kg Male Juvenile 89 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Population characteristics of coyotes (Canis latrans) in the northern Chihuahuan desert of New Mexico

Author(s)
Windberg, Lamar A., Steven M. Ebbert and Brian T. Kelly
Pages
197-207
Year
Volume
138
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 12.6 85% harmonic mean estimate of home range for "territorial" class km2 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 13 Jornada Experimental Range, Dona Ana County (elev., 1320-1390 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 1.8 SE
Citation:

Use of food items by sex and age classes of coyotes

Author(s)
Cypher, Brian L., Kenneth A. Spencer and Jerry H. Scrivner
Pages
42-47
Year
Volume
82
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Dietary Composition leporid (76.4%); rodent (18.0%); livestock (13.5%); bird (13.5%); insect (4.5%); other (14.6%) % frequency of occurrence in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Adult 89 Naval Petroleum Reserves (elev., 88-473m) [lat., 35^oN; long., 119^oN] Exposure Factor Datasets > 1 yr Kern
Citation:

Ecology of coyotes in Iowa

Author(s)
Andrews, Ronald D. and Edward K. Boggess
Pages
249-265
Publisher
Academic Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size range of 5 yearly averages pups/litter Female Adult 5 yrs Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Coyote morphometric characteristics and mass dynamics in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Author(s)
Cypher, Brian L.
Pages
360-365
Year
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 9.3 kg Female Juvenile 7 Naval Petroleum Reserves (elev., 88 - 473 m) Exposure Factor Datasets 1yr Kern 0.3 SE
Citation:

Food and energy use by captive coyotes

Author(s)
Litvaitis, John A. and William W. Mautz
Pages
56-61
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Food Ingestion Rate range of daily dry matter intake per unit metabolic weight (g food/body weight^0.75) for deer, hare or mice diets g/kg/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 4 captured in Aroostook County, ME Exposure Factor Datasets 9 mo Laboratory
Citation:

Population dynamics of coyotes in central Alberta, 1964-1968

Author(s)
Nellis, Carl H. and Lloyd B. Keith
Pages
389-399
Year
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Clutch or Litter Size 5.3 pups/litter Female Adult 26 Rochester, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Diets of three predators at Concord Naval Weapons Station, Contra Costa County, California

Author(s)
Kuenzi, Amy J., Marylisa Lynch, Dirk Van Vuren, Ivette Loredo and Michael L. Morrison
Pages
64-67
Year
Volume
79
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition Mammals: Spermophilus beecheyi (43%); Microtus californicus (61%); Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys megalotis (30%); Lepus californicus (43%); Thomomys bottae (9%); Insects (13%); Seeds and berries (4%); Herbaceous vegetation (35%); Wheat (Avena spp.) (9%) % of scats containing each prey item % Not Reported Not Reported 23 Concord Naval Weapons Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa

Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)

Citation:

Breeding habits of captive long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata)

Author(s)
Wright, Philip L.
Pages
338-344
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 279 d Female Adult 18 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Winter and spring habits of weasels in central Iowa

Author(s)
Polderboer, Emmett B., Lee W. Kuhn and George O. Hendrickson
Pages
115-119
Year
Volume
5
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 4 #/160 acres Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Ames Exposure Factor Datasets

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Citation:

Population characteristics of striped skunks in northern Minnesota

Author(s)
Fuller, Todd K. and David W. Kuehn
Pages
813-815
Year
Issue
4
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Clutch or Litter Size 5.8 placental scars Female Both Adults and Juveniles 13 animals Exposure Factor Datasets > 2 years 0.66 SE
Citation:

Seasonal food of skunks in New York

Author(s)
Hamilton, W. J.
Pages
240-246
Year
Issue
3
Volume
17
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition insects 43.06; fruits 27.56; mammals 16.25; grains 8.69; Carrion 1.76; Birds 1.46; reptiles, amphibians 1.14. frequency %; stomach and fecal analysis % 570 fecal analyses; 50 stomach analyses Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Population characteristics and movements of striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) in central Alberta

Author(s)
Bjorge, Ronald R., John R. Gunson and William M. Samuel
Pages
149-155
Year
Issue
2
Volume
95
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Home Range 3310 home range, as indexed by greatest distance between captures m Male Juvenile 29 juveniles Tofield 15 deg.N,112 deg. W east central Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 410 SE
Citation:

Captive striped skunk produces two litters

Author(s)
Shadle Albert R.
Pages
388-389
Year
Issue
3
Volume
17
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size pups/litter Female Adult 1 female Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Biology of the striped skunk

Author(s)
Verts, B. J.
Pages
182
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean 33.4 g Not Reported Neonate 12 Exposure Factor Datasets

Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)

Citation:

Autumn movement and home range of sea otters in California

Author(s)
Ribic, Christine A.
Pages
795-801
Year
Issue
3
Volume
46
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Home Range 3.7 km^2 Both Male and Female Adult 11 Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo Exposure Factor Datasets Residents 3.1 SD
Citation:

Home range and territoriality of sea otters near Monterey, California

Author(s)
Loughlin, T.R.
Year
Issue
3
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Home Range 80 ha Female Adult 8 Monterey Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey 19.04 SE
Citation:

Temporal and spatial patterns in sea otter, Enhydra lutris, range expansion and in the loss of pismo clam fisheries

Author(s)
Wendell, Frederick E., Robert A. Hardy, Jack A. Ames and Richard T. Bruce
Pages
197-212
Year
Issue
4
Volume
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition pismo clams (559), unidentified bivalves (1), rock crabs (1), market crabs (1), unidentified crabs (1), unidentied food items (15) number of prey retreived, based on observations from shore Not Reported Not Reported 578 observed retrievals Pismo Beach Exposure Factor Datasets San Luis Obispo
Citation:

Maternal behavior in the California sea otter

Author(s)
Sandegren, Finn E., Ellen W. Chu and Judson E. Vandevere
Pages
668-679
Year
Volume
54
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Hatching or Parturition December to February peak period of birth Female Adult Not Reported Point Lobos State Reserve to Lucia Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
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