Deer mouse

Lawton A.D. and Whitsett J.M. (1979). Inhibition of sexual maturation by a urinary pheromone in male prairie deer mice. Horm Behav 13, 128-138. 

Arthur WJ, Markham OD, Groves CR, et al. 1987. Radionuclide export by deer mice at a solid radioactive waste disposal area in southeastern Idaho. Health Phys 52(l) 45-53. 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus Vancouver Island, British Columbia near abandoned mine vs. reference site 1994... 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus From high density traffic area ... 

Mierau, G.W. and B.E. Favara. 1975. Lead poisoning in roadside populations of deer mice. Environ. Pollut. 8 55-64. 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, whole Applied July 21, 1988 0.15 mg/kg FW Residues were 0.1 mg/kg FW after 2 days, 1... 

Schafer, E.W., Jr. and W.A. Bowles, Jr. 1985. Acute oral toxicity and repellency of 933 chemicals to house and deer mice. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 14 111-129. 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus-, LD50, 30 days after irradiation 26... 

Felder MR, Thurman RG Role of alcohol dehydrogenase in the swift increase in alcohol metabolism (SIAM). Studies with deer mice deficient in alcohol dehydrogenase. Biochem Pharmacol. 1985 Oct l 34(19) 3523-6. 

Likewise, WoodwelPs prediction" of enhancement of the activity of insect pests and some disease agents (which has been demonstrated in the San Bernardino Mountains forest) could lead to an increase in vertebrate species that feed on invertebrates or utilize dead plants for cover. Birds would be the most likely to increase and, to a lesser extent, such small mammals as deer mice, which are partially insectivorous. 

Meyers, S.M. and Wolff J.O. Comparative toxicity of azinphos-methyl to house mice, laboratory mice, deer mice, and gray-tailed voles, Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 26(4) 478-482, 1994. 

In another study, the average amount of 1,2-diphenylhydrazine consumed by wild deer mice over a 3-day period without killing more than 50% of the mice was determined to be 1213 mg/kg/day (Schafer and Bowles 1985). The validity of this finding is uncertain however, as the dose was estimated from consumption of seeds treated with only one concentration of chemical, only five mice were treated, and the actual number of deaths was not reported. Because of these limitations, the 1213 mg/kg/day dose is not a reliable effect level for lethality due to acute duration exposure. 

It is well known that dogs track better in humid air. Rodents find buried seeds better in wet soil. This is important in arid climates. After rains, yellow pine chipmunks, Tamias amoenus, and deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus found experimentally buried seeds of Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi, and antelope bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata, better than in diy soil. The recovered number of seeds increased 27- and 15-fold, respectively. In wet soil, seeds take up water rapidly and emanate volatile organic compounds that the rodents exploit. By extension, variations in humidity in arid environments may have profound effects on olfaction-dependent behaviors such as finding food, social interactions, preying, and predator avoidance (Vander Wall 1998). 

In mice, urine is the main source of social odors. Wild house mice (M. domcsticus) families over time build bizarre small posts of solidified urine by repeated marking (Hurst, 1987 Fig. 6.13). A mouse family is habituated to its own background odor, which permeates its living area. The ubiquitous family odor is dominated by the odor of the dominant male and identifies the home area to residents as well as non-residents. (When the author trapped 26 deer mice over... 

Exposing young male prairie deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, to soiled bedding from adult male conspecifics retards the growth of their testes and seminal vesicles. Male, but not female, urine applied to the nose has the same effect. Removal of the olfactory lobes at the age of 3 weeks blocks this effect (Lawton, 1979). The reproductive development of male California voles, M. californicus, is suppressed hy chemical cues from the mother (Rissman etah, 1984). 

Male prairie deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus bairdh) in very dense (i.e. asymptotic) populations cease to reproduce. Their testes remain abdominal and are small (20-25% of normal). The testes can assume normal size if such males have contact with reproductively proven females for 30 days. They also recover reproductively if exposed to female urine for 30 days, but contact with females is more effective (Creigh and Terman, 1988). 

Deer mice, P. maniculatus, readily find buried seeds. In forest reseeding projects, deer mice often remove 70 to 100% of the planted conifer seeds. In the laboratory, deer mice found the aromatic seeds of sugar, Jeffrey, and Ponderosa... 

In laboratory tests, least weasels, Mustela nivalis, were more attracted to estrous than diestrous urine of prairie deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii. This may increase the weasel s preying chances through the presence of pups in the case of postpartum estrus or estrous females may indicate a higher population density (Cushing, 1984). 

Deer mice, P. maniculatus, on an island (Moresby Island, Gulf Islands, British Columbia) that now lacks their usual predator, the short-tailed weasel, M. erminea, still respond to its odor. However, they only show the more delayed and prolonged stress-type, opioid-sensitive behavior. By contrast, this island population has lost its fear and flight responses, which are benzodiazepine sensitive and more immediate. Mainland deer mice that are sympatric with weasels show both types of response (Kavaliers, 1990). 

Non-target rodent species in the same forests may escape effects of mustelid sulfur compounds. In British Columbia, densities, survival rates, and reproduction of deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, were little affected when these compounds were used against long-tail voles [Microtus longicaudus), meadow voles [Microtus pennsylvanicus), and boreal redback voles [Clethrionomys gappen) (Zimmerling and Sullivan, 1994). 

Creigh, S. L. and Terman, C. R. (1988). Reproductive recovery of inhibited male prairie deer mice (Pemmyscus maniculatus bairdii) from laboratoiy populations by contact with females or their urine. Journal ofMammalogy 69,603-607. 

A selective preference by least weasels for oestrus versus dioestrous urine of prairie deer mice. Animal Behaviour 31,1263-1265. 

Grau, H. J. (1982). Kin recognition in the white-footed deer mice [Peromyscus leucopus). Animal Behaviour 30, 497-505. 

Howard, W. E. and Cole, R. E. (1967). Olfaction in seed detection by deer mice. Animal... 

Kavaliers, M. (1990). Responsiveness of deer mice to a predator, the short-tailed weasel population differences and neuromodulatory mechanisms. Physiological Zoology 63, 388-407. 

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