Genetic structure, introgression, and a narrow hybrid zone between northern and California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis)

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 1109 - 1120
• Main Authors: BARROWCLOUGH, G. F., GROTH, J. G., MERTZ, L. A., GUTIÉRREZ, R. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.04.2005; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; California; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Endangered & extinct species; gene flow; Genetic Variation; Geography; Haplotypes; hybrid zone; Hybridization; Hybridization, Genetic; introgression; Mitochondrial DNA; Oregon; Owls; Phylogeny; phylogeography; Population genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; spotted owl; Strigiformes - genetics; Strix occidentalis; Strix occidentalis caurina; Strix occidentalis occidentalis; Strix varia; Taxonomy; Washington; Oregon; Washington; California; Western states

The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is a threatened subspecies and the California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) is a subspecies of special concern in the western United States. Concern for their continued viability has arisen because of habitat loss caused by timber...