Genetic identification of spotted owls, barred owls, and their hybrids: legal implications of hybrid identity
Haig SM, Mullins TD, Forsman ED, Trail PW, Wennerberg L. 2004. Genetic identification of spotted owls, barred owls, and their hybrids: legal implications of hybrid identity. Conservation Biology. 18(5):1347-1357
From the Abstract: "Recent population expansion of Barred Owls (Strix varia) into western North America has led to concern that they may compete with and further harm the Northern Spotted Owl (S. occidentalis caurina), which is already listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangeres Species Act (ESA). Because they hybridize, there is a legal need under the ESA for forensic identification of both species and their hybirds. We used mitochondrial control-region DNA and amplified frangment-length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses to assess material and biparental gene flow in this hybridization process."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Haig, Susan; Mullins, Thomas; Forsman, Eric; Trail, Pepper; Wennerberg, Liv
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Barred Owl (Strix varia), genetic identification, Hybridization, Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), Threatened & Endangered