Bottled Owl
by
Heidi Walters
on
June 26, 2009 at 3:47PM
In a story in Discovery News online, scientists say habitat loss related to development and logging, as well as the encroachment of barred owls from the north, have likely combined to depress the Northern Spotted Owl's population to the point of creating a genetic bottleneck. And that can lead to inbreeding.