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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii)

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
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 20.9 g Both Male and Female Adult 8 Exposure Factor Datasets summer-acclimatized 1.60 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Reproduction by Peromyscus maniculatus: size and compromise

Author(s)
Myers, Philip and Lawrence L. Master
Pages
1-18
Year
Volume
64
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation d Female Adult 161 Exposure Factor Datasets Non-lactating Laboratory
Citation:

Body growth in sixteen rodent species and subspecies maintained in laboratory colonies

Author(s)
Morrison, Peter, Robert Dieterich and Diane Preston
Pages
294-310
Year
Volume
50
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate see citation figure of body weights at different ages Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 40 wks Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of northern Peromyscus maniculatus borealis

Author(s)
Millar, J.S.
Pages
510-515
Year
Issue
4
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Condition Error 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
Growth Rate 0.36 average growth between birth and weaning. g/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 57 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 0-21 d Nursing 0.01 SE Laboratory
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
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
Food Ingestion Rate 3.67 daily ingestion rate; animals fed Purina lab chow; body weight averaged 20.34 g g/d Female Adult 40 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets non-breeding 0.11 SE Laboratory
Growth Rate 0.22 difference in weight of newly emerged young between 1st and 2nd capture/ time interval (4-11d) g/d Female Juvenile 30 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.05 SE

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
Food Ingestion Rate 0.3 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Adult 97 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.03 SE
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
Metabolic Rate 7.9 average long term metabolic rate, assessed overnight cc O2/g/h Both Male and Female Not Reported 20 collected 5 km east of Chico, Butte County, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 0.139 SD Laboratory

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
Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of Peromyscus maniculatus nebrascensis

Author(s)
Millar, John S.
Pages
1280-1284
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity 60 youngest age at conception d Male Adult Not Reported captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

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
Water Ingestion Rate 0.11 experimental temperature = 15C g/g/d Male Adult 12 captured in Macon County, NC Exposure Factor Datasets 0.01 SE Laboratory
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
Body Weight - Mean 4.2 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 62 Exposure Factor Datasets 1 wk 0.13 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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Survival/ Mortality 60.9 mean survival rate estimated from population age structure data % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported 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 10.1 kg Female Adult 5 Naval Petroleum Reserves (elev., 88 - 473 m) Exposure Factor Datasets >2 yr Kern 1.1 SE
Citation:

Ecology of a cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus auduboni) population in central California

Author(s)
Fitch, Henry S.
Pages
159 - 184
Year
Volume
33
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition cottontail (45.4%); ground squirrel (31.2%); gopher snake (6.0%); woodrat (4.9%); pocket gopher (3.5%); kangaroo rat (3.3%); other (5.7%) computed % by weight of total recorded prey; based on scat analysis % Not Reported Not Reported 1173 scats San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
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 Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Longevity oldest female and male yrs Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported 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 (67%); Microtus californicus (45%); Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys megalotis (29%); Lepus californicus (12%); Thomomys bottae (2%); Birds (5%); Seeds and berries (19%); Herbaceous vegetation (43%); Wheat (Avena spp.) (24%) % of scats containing each prey item % Not Reported Not Reported 42 Concord Naval Weapons Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa

Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis)

Citation:

Metabolism and body temperature of two desert canids: Coyotes and kit foxes

Author(s)
Golightly, Richard T. and Robert D. Ohmart
Pages
624 - 635
Year
Volume
64
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean 1820 mean annual body weight g Both Male and Female Adult 20 foxes Exposure Factor Datasets

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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size young/litter Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Notes on the ecology of weasels in Gunnison County, Colorado

Author(s)
Quick, Horace F.
Pages
281-290
Year
Volume
32
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range acres Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Gunnison County (elev., >7500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Citation:

Physical characteristics of striped skunks in northern Minnesota

Author(s)
Fuller, Todd K., David W. Kuehn, Pamela L. Coy and Randy K. Markl
Pages
371-374
Year
Issue
2
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Body Weight - Mean 2.19 kg Male Both Adults and Juveniles 11 animals Bearville study area; Itasca county Exposure Factor Datasets 0.5 years 0.17 SE
Citation:

Reproduction of the striped skunk in New York

Author(s)
Hamilton, W. J.
Pages
123-124
Year
Issue
1
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean newborn g Female Neonate 3 embryos 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 4150 home range, as indexed by greatest distance between captures m Female Juvenile 19 juveniles Tofield 15 deg.N,112 deg. W east central Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 1191 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
Duration of Incubation or Gestation d Both Male and Female Embryo 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 Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition see citation stomach contents and fecal analysis Both Male and Female Adult 149; 20 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 0.8 km^2 Male Adult 3 Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo Exposure Factor Datasets Residents 0.8 SD
Citation:

Breeding patterns and reproductive success of California sea otters

Author(s)
Riedman, Marianne L., James A. Estes, Michelle M. Staedler, Alisa A. Giles and David R. Carlson
Pages
391-399
Year
Issue
3
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 198 d Female Adult 53 Monterey Bay Exposure Factor Datasets > 3 years Monterey
Citation:

Metabolism and thermoregulation in the sea otter

Author(s)
Morrison, Peter, Mario Rosenmann and James E. Estes
Pages
218-229
Year
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.72 average basal metabolism in air cc O2/g x hr Not Reported Not Reported 10 Exposure Factor Datasets fasted 0.06 Laboratory
Citation:

Annual reproduction, dependency period, and apparent gestation period in two California sea otters, Enydra lutris

Author(s)
Loughlin, Thomas R., Jack A. Ames, and Judson E. Vandevere
Pages
347-349
Year
Issue
2
Volume
79
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean range of body weights kg Female Adult 2 otters near Monterey Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Growth Rate 144.1 daily weight gain during 1st mo of life g/d Male Pup 7 San Nicolas Island Exposure Factor Datasets 5-30 d 16.13 SE
Citation:

Foraging chracteristics of female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursius) and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Author(s)
Antonelis, George A., Brent S. Stewart and Wayne F. Perryman
Pages
150-158
Year
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Foraging Distance 54.2 km Female Adult 9 Adams Cove, San Miguel Island [lat., 34^o01'55"N; long., 120^o26'25" W] Exposure Factor Datasets post-partum 32.4 SD
Citation:

Effects of the 1982-1983 El Nino on several population parameters and diet of California sea lions on the Califonia channel islands

Author(s)
DeLong, R. L., G.A. Antonelis, C.W. Oliver, B.S. Stewart, M.S. Lowry and P.K. Yochem
Pages
166-172
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Body Weight - Mean range of mean weights taken over 5 yrs at 2 sites kg Female Pup 41 - 151/yr San Miguel and San Clemente Islands Exposure Factor Datasets 4 mo
Citation:

Thermoregulation and resting metabolic rate of California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups

Author(s)
Thompson, Steven, D., Kathryn A. Ono, Olav T. Oftedal and Daryl J. Boness
Pages
730-736
Year
Issue
6
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 12,000 g Both Male and Female Pup 39 captured at San Nicolas Island, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 3-5 wks 231 SE Laboratory
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 Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Time of Mating/ Laying June/July Both Male and Female Adult not reported San Nicolas Island, CA Exposure Factor Datasets breeding

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 Molt 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 Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean 814 Male Adult 56 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz non-reproductive
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
Population Density 20 #/acre Not Reported Not Reported 3 counts Walnut Creek Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
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 Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Mating/ Laying Feb.-Mar. breeding Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Camp Ohlone, East Bay Regional Park District Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda
Citation:

Physiological correlates of burrow gas conditions in the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Baudinette, R.V.
Pages
733-743
Year
Volume
48
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 at ambient temperatures (15-35C) ml O2/g/hr Not Reported Not Reported 10/group captured at University of California, Irvine Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
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
Clutch or Litter Size 6.09 based on embryo and placental scar counts young/litter Female Adult 148 Davis and Dixon Exposure Factor Datasets Solano, Yolo

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
Dietary Composition seeds (82%), herbs (14%), shrub (2%), arthropods (2%) % occurence of food items in cheek pouch contents % Not Reported Not Reported 15 San Simon Valley, Portal (elev., 1370 m) 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 4.8 estimated from food intake (rolled oats and carrots) g/d Female Adult 16 captured in Clark County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets non-reproductive and gestating 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
Survival/ Mortality 85.1 average monthly survival %/mo Both Male and Female Not Reported 220 Jacumba (elev., 988 m) 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 Age-Specific California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 17 g Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets 4 wk Inyo
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Zeng, Zongyong and James H. Brown
Pages
1328-1340
Year
Issue
5
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 2 estimated by palpation young/litter Female Adult Not Reported Cave Creek Bajada, Cochise County (elev., 1330 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Jones, Thomas W.
Pages
27-34
Year
Issue
1
Volume
70
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 2644 estimated via minimum convex polygon method m2 Female Adult 4 Portal Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Reynolds, Hudson G.
Pages
48-58
Year
Volume
41
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
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
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

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 46.1 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 63 d Laboratory
Citation:

Dipodomys stephensi

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

Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

Citation:

Seasonal reproductive patterns in five coexisting California desert rodent species

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J. and George A. Bartholomew
Pages
371-397
Year
Issue
4
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 7.2 g Male Adult 66 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.7 SD
Citation:

Home range dynamics in a population of heteromyid rodents

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

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 462 maximum density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Coreopsis habitat, Santa Barbara Island [lat., 33^o29'N; long., 119^o02'W] Exposure Factor Datasets 56 SD
Citation:

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

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

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

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

Life History Parameters in Mice Exposed to a Prolonged Drought

Author(s)
Morton, Martin L., Michael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall and Maria E. Pereyra
Pages
18-28
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 16.2 g Female Adult 22 Pinyon-juniper zone near Westgard Pass (elev., 2500 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 3.1 SD
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Condition Error
Body Weight - Mean 16.9 g Both Male and Female Adult 23 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 2 years Alpine Breeding 0.32
Age at Fledging, Metamorphosis, Weaning teenager Adult, Neonate 47 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 0-1 day Alpine
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 0.61 acres Male Juvenile 10 Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan Exposure Factor Datasets 0.11
Citation:

Energetics of lactation in Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Millar, John S.
Pages
1015 - 1019
Year
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Food Ingestion Rate FI = 2.44 + 0.05 W equation relating food intake (FI; g/d) to body weight (W; g) g/d Female Adult 42 Exposure Factor Datasets non-breeding Laboratory
Citation:

Field populations of deermice with supplemental food

Author(s)
Fordham, R. A.
Pages
138-146
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Weight - Mean range of mean weights taken every 2 wks for 10 wks in sites with excess artificial food (whole oats) g Male Juvenile 2-30/time University of British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

The ecology of beach-dwelling Peromyscus maniculatus on the Pacific Coast

Author(s)
Marinelli Lui, and John S. Millar
Pages
412-417
Year
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Clutch or Litter Size 4.1 based on embryo counts #/litter Female Adult 14 females islands adjacent to Vancouver Island [lat., 48 ^o 50' N; long., 125^o,15'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.21

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

Citation:

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

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

Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

Citation:

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

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

Reithrodontomys raviventris

Author(s)
Shellhammer, Howard
Pages
1-3
Year
Volume
169
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying review Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

California Vole (Microtus californicus)

Citation:

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

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

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

Author(s)
Boonstra, Rudy and Charles J. Krebs
Pages
567-573
Year
Issue
3
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Survival/ Mortality .739 minimum survival rate per 2 wks Female Adult 7 breeding seasons (6 populations pooled) Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets breeding season
Citation:

Condition and diet of cycling populations of the California Vole, Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Batzli, George O. and Frank A Pitelka
Pages
141-163
Year
Issue
1
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition grass heads (72.6%); grass leaves (4.2%); grass stems (2.0%); grass roots (0.4%); Forb leaves (15.4%); Forb stems (2.6%); Forb roots (2.0%); vole hair (0.8%) composition of stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 500 items/10 voles Richmond Field Station Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Intraspecific litter size variation in Microtus californicus II. variation between populations

Author(s)
Krohne, David T.
Pages
1174-1182
Year
Issue
6
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 20.4 median weight at sexual maturity g Female Adult 69 Orinda, Layfayette, Russell Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Nutritional ecology of the California vole: Effects of food quality on reproduction

Author(s)
Batzli, George O.
Pages
406-412
Year
Issue
2
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 3.3 young/litter Female Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets subadult (4 wks) 0.7 SE Laboratory
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Fisler, George F.
Pages
96-103
Year
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range of average maximum distance between captures for groups recaptured 2-9 times m Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported San Pablo salt marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

Demographic changes in fluctuating populations of Microtus californicus

Author(s)
Krebs, Charles J.
Pages
239-273
Year
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Survival/ Mortality range of mean minimum survival rates per 14 d measured Female Juvenile 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets "subadult" (26-39g)

Audubon's Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

Citation:

Dietary adaptability of the desert cottontail

Author(s)
Turkowski, Frank J.
Pages
748-756
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Grasses (37.9%); Forbs (41.3%); Shrubs (20.8%) % total dietary bulk (volume), estimated from stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 97 Sugarloaf Mountain, Maricopa County (elev., 850m) 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 637 g Female Adult 101 Berkeley Hills Exposure Factor Datasets 7

San Joaquin Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis ssp. mutica)

Citation:

Sources and rates of San Joaquin kit fox mortality in western Kern County, California

Author(s)
Disney, Michele and Linda K. Spiegel
Pages
73-82
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Survival/ Mortality Survival rates of radiocollared foxes for 1990, 1991 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 57 foxes extreme southern San Joaquin Valley 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 5.82 nocturnal range, based on noctural locations of marked individuals km2 Both Male and Female Adult 26 south San Joaquin Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Kern 0.45 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Survival/ Mortality 80 % Both Male and Female Juvenile 5 foxes 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 Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Migration or Dispersal late summer time of juvenile dispersal from natal territory Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported western Utah Exposure Factor Datasets

Fresno Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys nitratoides ssp. exilis)

Citation:

The Fresno kangaroo rat population survey, 1977 (Final Report)

Author(s)
Koos, Karen A.
Pages
10
Publisher
California Department of Fish and Game, Nongame Wildlife Investigations
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density range for 2 sites; mean density for 4 sampling periods #/ha Not Reported Not Reported 68 - 326 animals/site Whitesbridge Rd. Exposure Factor Datasets Fresno
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