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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. borealis)

Citation:

Demographic and life cycle characteristics of montane deer mice

Author(s)
Millar, John S. and Duncan G. Innes
Pages
574-585
Year
Issue
3
Volume
61
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Countries Error Lab
Growth Rate 0.22 difference in weight of newly emerged young between 1st and 2nd capture/ time interval (4-11d) g/d Female Juvenile 30 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.05 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 194.2 cumulative food ingestion from parturition to weaning (approx. 24 d); Purina lab chow g Female Adult 37 captured at Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets lactating 5.5 SE Laboratory
Survival/ Mortality 67 over-winter survival % Female Adult 6 Kananaskis Valley, Alberta [lat., 51 N] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
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
Food Ingestion Rate food ingestion during lactation; minimum from 0-3 d postpartum, maximum at 12-15 d postpartum. g/d Female Adult 41 Original pairs trapped at Heart Lake, Northwest Territories Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 15 d Lactation Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. gambelii)

Citation:

Seasonal activity and feeding patterns in a population of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus gambelii)

Author(s)
Seabloom, Robert W., Robert G. Schwab and Susan C. Loeb
Pages
2238-2243
Year
Volume
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Food Ingestion Rate 0.3 mean dry stomach content mass g Female Adult 97 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.03 SE
Food Ingestion Rate 0.14 mean dry stomach content mass g Male Juvenile 69 Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1230 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Siskiyou 0.01 SE
Citation:

Comparative energetics in two sympatric species of Peromyscus

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

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nebrascensis)

Citation:

Life cycle characteristics of Peromyscus maniculatus nebrascensis

Author(s)
Millar, John S.
Pages
1280-1284
Year
Volume
63
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity 60 youngest age at conception d Male Adult Not Reported captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Age at Sexual Maturity 35 youngest age at conception d Female Adult Not Reported captured in Alberta, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. nubiterrae)

Citation:

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

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

Postnatal growth and development of Peromyscus maniculatus nubiterrae

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

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. sonoriensis)

Citation:

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

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

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 < 1 acre Female Adult 10 Sacramento Valley, Durham Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 951 g Female Adult 9 measurements from 6 animals 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
Clutch or Litter Size review reported average of 9-16 young/female/yr (data source not specified) Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutches or Litters per year review reported 3-4 litters per season (data source not specified) Female Adult Not Reported 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 9.5 minimal metabolic rate at 20C cc O2/g/hr Both Male and Female Juvenile 7 captured at Suisun and San Pablo Bay Exposure Factor Datasets 5.7 Laboratory
Metabolic Rate range of mean maximal metabolic rates at 20C cc O2/g/hr Both Male and Female Adult 9-22/season captured at Suisun and San Pablo Bay Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus)

Citation:

Bats of America

Author(s)
Barbour, R.W. and W.H. Davis
Pages
285
Publisher
University of Kentucky Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Review Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Metabolic strategies of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) during reproduction

Author(s)
Beasley, Laura J. and Michael Leon
Pages
159-166
Year
Issue
1
Volume
36
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Time of Hatching or Parturition May 27-June 18 Female Adult 30 Napa Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Napa breeding
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 25.3 g Female Adult 5 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Fat (total or %) total extractable lipids in carcass % Both Male and Female Adult 4 bats near cities Exposure Factor Datasets MEXICO

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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Home Range 7.7 95% home range estimated by minimum convex polygon method km2 Male Adult 6 Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 4.2 SD
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 3.2 pups/litter Female Adult 16 Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Trinidad (elev., 1310-1740 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Average litter size of the coyote in Tennessee

Author(s)
Kennedy, Michael L., Jeffrey G. Babb, Robert M. Lee and Charles Lydeard
Pages
61-62
Year
Volume
65
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 5.0 estimated by placental scars young/litter Female Adult 59 Exposure Factor Datasets
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 11.42 unskinned weight estimated from skinned weight kg Female Juvenile 80 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Body Weight - Mean 11.6 kg Male Adult 21 Jornada Experimental Range, Dona Ana County (elev., 1320-1390 m) Exposure Factor Datasets >3 yrs 1.4 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 (62.7%); rodent (19.4%); livestock (17.9%); bird (14.9%); insect (41.8%); other (26.9%) % frequency of occurrence in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Juvenile 59 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
Dietary Composition rabbits (51.0%); mice (12.3%); other mammals (8.0%); birds (2.7%); plants (0.3%); misc. (0.2%) % volume of food items in stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 222 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 2.2 kg Female Pup 19 Naval Petroleum Reserves (elev., 88 - 473 m) Exposure Factor Datasets <1yr Kern 0.1 SE
Citation:

Physical development in coyotes (Canis latrans), with a comparison to other canids

Author(s)
Bekoff, Marc and Robert Jamieson
Pages
685-692
Year
Volume
56
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 274 g Both Male and Female Neonate 6 Exposure Factor Datasets 0d 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Countries
Survival/ Mortality 71 mortality rate % Both Male and Female Juvenile Not Reported Rochester, Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 1 yr 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 (30%); Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys megalotis (43%); Lepus californicus (17%); Thomomys bottae (4%); Insects (13%); Seeds and berries (13%); Herbaceous vegetation (17%); Wheat (Avena spp.) (13%) % of scats containing each prey item % Not Reported Not Reported 23 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 Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.0034 summer basal metabolic rate watts/g Both Male and Female Adult 12 foxes Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

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
Clutches or Litters per year 1 litter/yr Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

The sexual cycle of the male long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)

Author(s)
Wright, Philip L.
Pages
343-352
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean 287 g Male Adult 12 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 1.65 kg Male Both Adults and Juveniles 10 animals Bearville study area; Itasca county Exposure Factor Datasets 0.5 years 0.07 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 Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 5.8 examination of reproductive tract embryos Female Neonate 40 females Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Parameters of population and seasonal activity of striped skunks, Mephitis mephitis, in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Author(s)
Schowalter, David B. and John R. Gunson
Pages
409-420
Year
Issue
4
Volume
96
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries Error
Body Weight - Mean 0.07 kg Female Juvenile 6 juveniles Saskatchewan; Alberta Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.1 SD
Citation:

Biology of striped skunks on a southwestern Lake Erie Marsh

Author(s)
Bailey, Theodore N.
Pages
196-207
Year
Issue
1
Volume
85
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying mid February-mid March Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Magee Marsh; Ottawa natll. wildlife refuge Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Biology of the striped skunk

Author(s)
Verts, B. J.
Pages
182
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying Feb/Mar Both Male and Female Adult 19 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 4.7 km^2 Female Adult 8 Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo Exposure Factor Datasets Residents 2.9 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 Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Fledging or Weaning Rate 0.4 pre-weaning survival rate (mothers aged 3-6 years) Female Adult 5 Monterey Bay Exposure Factor Datasets 3-6 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 Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.85 average basal metabolic rate in water cc O2/g x hr Not Reported Not Reported 13 Exposure Factor Datasets fasted 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
Duration of Incubation or Gestation range of estimated gestation period, based on observations mo 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 120.0 daily weight gain during 1st mo of life g/d Female Pup 7 San Nicolas Island Exposure Factor Datasets 5-30 d 8.16 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Dietary Composition northern anchovy (65%); Pacific Whiting (52%); market squid (13%) % occurrence of most frequent prey in scats % Female Adult 23 animals Adams Cove, San Miguel Island [lat., 34^o01'55"N; long., 120^o26'25" W] Exposure Factor Datasets post-partum
Citation:

Spring and summer prey of California sea lions, Zalophus californianus, at San Miguel Island, California 1978-79

Author(s)
Antonelis, George A., Clifford H. Fiscus and Robert L. DeLong
Pages
67-76
Year
Issue
1
Volume
82
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Pacific whiting (48.7%); market squid (46.7%); juvenile rockfish (35.9%); northern anchovy (20.0%); red octopus (9.7%); jack mackerel (4.6%); nail squid (4.6%); squid (4.1%);chub mackerel (3.6%); Pacific pompano (2.5%); California lantern fish (2.5%) % occurrence of major prey (>1%) in scats % Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 224 scats San Miguel Island Exposure Factor Datasets
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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 0.78 resting metabolic rate measured over a range of ambient temperatures (16-25C) ml O2/g/hr Both Male and Female Pup 39 captured at San Nicolas Island, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 3-5 wks 0.10 Laboratory

San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

Citation:

Ammospermophilus nelsoni

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

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Citation:

Seasonal variation in body weight, fat, and behaviour of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Author(s)
Holekamp, Kay E. and Scott Nunes
Pages
1425-1433
Year
Issue
6
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Body Weight - Mean 707 g Male Adult 306 University of California, Santa Cruz Campus ( elev., 120 m) [lat., 37^0W; long., 122^oW] Exposure Factor Datasets Santa Cruz reproductively active
Citation:

Natural history of the ground squirrels of California

Author(s)
Grinnel, J. and J.S. Dixon
Pages
597-708
Year
Volume
7
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutches or Litters per year 1 litter/yr Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Hibernation and sociality in the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Dobson, F. Stephen and David E. Davis
Pages
416-421
Year
Issue
2
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Torpor or Hibernation see citation figure of seasonal activity patterns, including hibernation Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Santa Barbara; Bell Ranch; Hastings Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Chapman, Joseph A. and Gordon S. Lind
Pages
101-105
Year
Volume
72
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size range of means for 2 sites young/litter Female Adult 9-13/site Douglas and Benton counties {lat., 43-44.5^oN] Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

The annual cycle of the California ground squirrel

Author(s)
Tomich, P. Quentin
Pages
213-282
Year
Volume
65
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 9.3 g Both Male and Female 34 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 wks Laboratory

Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)

Citation:

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

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

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

Author(s)
Soholt, Lars F.
Pages
445-457
Year
Issue
2
Volume
98
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Water Ingestion Rate 10.7 estimated from food intake (rolled oats and carrots) g/d Female Adult 4-9 captured in Clark County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets lactating Laboratory
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density #/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 9 winters Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000-4000 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Comparative ecology of sympatric Dipodomys agilis and Dipodomys merriami in southern California

Author(s)
McClenaghan, Leroy R.
Pages
175-185
Year
Issue
14
Volume
29
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Longevity 8.3 mean length of life at study site mo Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported Jacumba (elev., 988 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Behrends, Philip, Martin Daly and Margo I. Wilson
Pages
187-209
Year
Volume
96
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range range of mean home range in 3 study periods estimated by radiotelemetry ha Female Adult 7-10 Boyde Deep Canyon Reserve (elev., 300m) Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:

Seasonal reproductive patterns in five coexisting California desert rodent species

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J. and George A. Bartholomew
Pages
371-397
Year
Issue
4
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 36.2 g Male Adult 162 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 3.7 SD
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 0.373 average range; estimated as enclosed space occupied by used traps plus one-half distance to closest unused trap acres Female Adult 13 Santa Rita Experimental Range, Tucson (elev., 3000 - 4500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean 42.8 g 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate see citation figure relating body weight or length to age g Both Male and Female Juvenile 16 Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 63 d Laboratory
Citation:

Diet of Stephens' Kangaroo rat, Dipodomys stephensi

Author(s)
Lowe, Margot
Pages
358-361
Year
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition Erodium cicutarium leaf (19.4%) and seed (18.8%); Schismus barbatus non-seed (15.3%) and seed (2.8%); unidentified grass (14.1%); Bromus madritensis (7.1%); insect (8.1%); Hirschfeldia incana seed (4.7%); Eriogonom fasciculatum seed (3.5%); Salsola tragus seed (3.4%); Amsinckia menziesii seed (2.4%); Artemesia californica seed (0.9%) annual % frequency of occurrence in fecal pellets % Not Reported Not Reported 5-10 pellets/mo Mottee Rimrock Reserve and San Jacinto Wildlife Area Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside

Little Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris)

Citation:

Seasonal reproductive patterns in five coexisting California desert rodent species

Author(s)
Kenagy, G. J. and George A. Bartholomew
Pages
371-397
Year
Issue
4
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 7.3 g Female Adult 67 Owens Valley, Big Pine (lat., 37^o11'N) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 1.1 SD
Citation:

Food relationships of a rodent fauna in a California coastal sage scrub community

Author(s)
Meserve, Peter L.
Pages
300-319
Year
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition see citation monthly % volume of food items (detailed species-specific list) in feces % Both Male and Female Not Reported 3 - 26/mo Irvine Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Orange

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Citation:

Density cycles in an island population of deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus

Author(s)
Drost, Charles A. and Gary M. Fellers
Pages
351-364
Year
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Population Density 436 maximum density #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Suaeda habitat,Santa Barbara Island [lat.,33^o29' N, long., 119^o02' W] Exposure Factor Datasets 63 SD
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Hayes, Jack P.
Pages
732-744
Year
Issue
3
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Metabolic Rate 4.45 field metabolic rate ml CO2/g/h Both Male and Female Adult 16 White Mountain Research Station (elev., 1230 - 1830 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo, Mono 0.79
Citation:

Breeding by Peromyscus in seasonal environments

Author(s)
Millar, John S., F.B. Wille and Stuart L. Iverson
Pages
719-727
Year
Issue
4
Volume
57
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 1.57 g Both Male and Female Neonate 45 Exposure Factor Datasets at birth 0.02 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Life History Parameters in Mice Exposed to a Prolonged Drought

Author(s)
Morton, Martin L., Michael L. Morrison, Linnea S. Hall and Maria E. Pereyra
Pages
18-28
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Body Fat (total or %) 0.7 total body fat g Male Adult 35 Pinyon-juniper zone near Westgard Pass (elev., 2500 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Inyo 0.4 SD
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties Error
Body Weight - Mean 3.2 g Adult, Neonate 47 Blue Lake,
75 long., 95 lat. 		Exposure Factor Datasets 0-1 day Alpine 0.06
Citation:

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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 0.70 #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported San Simon Valley, Portal (elev., 1370 m) 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 0.64 acres Female Juvenile 9 Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan Exposure Factor Datasets 0.9
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 Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean 1.65 (1d); 2.37 (4d); 3.59 (7d); 4.81 (10d); 5.88 (13d); 6.70 (16d); 7.39 (19d); 8.40 (22d) mean body weights for young of different ages (1-22d) from litter sizes of 2-7 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 40 litters Exposure Factor Datasets 1 - 22d 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 control sites g Male Juvenile 1-9/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 5.1 based on embryo counts #/litter Female Adult 11 Vancouver Island. [lat., 48 ^o, 50' N; long., 125^o, 15'W] Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA 0.34

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:

A population study of the harvest mice (Reithrodontomys raviventris Dixon) in the Palo Alto Baylands Salt Marsh

Author(s)
Wondolleck, John T., William Zolan and Gary L. Stevens
Pages
52-64
Year
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 4 #/litter Female Adult Not Reported 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 Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Home Range 68 estimated by minimum area polygon m2 Female 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 .766 minimum survival rate per 2 wks Female Adult 7 breeding seasons (6 populations pooled) Berkeley Exposure Factor Datasets breeding season
Citation:

Territoriality and mating system of California voles

Author(s)
Ostfeld, Richard S.
Pages
691-706
Year
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Location Type California Counties
Population Density range in mean density for 2 yr #/ha Both Male and Female Adult 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 30.4 median weight at sexual maturity g Male Adult 56 Orinda, Layfayette, Russell Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Contra Costa
Citation:

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

Author(s)
Batzli, George O.
Pages
406-412
Year
Issue
2
Volume
67
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Clutches or Litters per year 0.2 litters per female per 12 wks litters/12 wks Female Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets subadult (4 wks) 0.1 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Carnivore-mouse predation: an example of its intensity and bioenergetics

Author(s)
Pearson, Oliver P.
Pages
177-188
Year
Volume
45
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density see citation figure of seasonal changes in density #/acre Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Tilden Park 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 measured Female Juvenile 2 periods of weekly sampling Tilden Regional Park Exposure Factor Datasets

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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 3.7 young/litter Female Adult Not Reported Sugarloaf Mountain, Maricopa County (elev., 850m) Exposure Factor Datasets

Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)

Citation:

Reproduction of the brush rabbit in California

Author(s)
Mossman, Archie S.
Pages
177-184
Year
Volume
19
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Mating/ Laying Jan. - May time of mating Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Napa

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 Male Adult 25 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 Location Type California Counties Error
Home Range 6.13 based on all observations of marked individuals km2 Both Male and Female Adult 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 67 % Both Male and Female Adult 3 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 Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Longevity 5+ average maximum age attained yr Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported western Utah Exposure Factor Datasets

Pacific Pocket Mouse (Perognathus longimembris ssp. pacificus)

Citation:

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

Author(s)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Pages
93
Publisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Field Office
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus ssp. bairdii)

Citation:

Energetics of the prairie deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii

Author(s)
Morris, John G. and S. Charles Kendeigh
Pages
368-76
Year
Issue
2
Volume
105
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 20.8 g Both Male and Female Adult 8 Exposure Factor Datasets winter-acclimatized 1.24 SE Laboratory
Citation:

Reproduction by Peromyscus maniculatus: size and compromise

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

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

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