For an upcoming book (in danish) on managament of forest biodiveistty, I would like to present a table summarizing the biodiversity value of various woody species. I wonder if there are any databases or other overviews avialable that gives insight into which species of mammals and birds that (regularly) eats the seeds from various tree genera/species. Help with be appreciated
The Woody Plant Seed Manual - USDA Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us › pubs_series › wo_ah727PDFAH 450, Seeds of Woody Plants in the United States (1974). Sharon Friedman ... cedar, and several pine species; and the European pine shoot moth (Rhyacionia ... that more than 80% of the fruits were eaten or removed by birds.
Coincidences between different landscape ecological zones and growth
forms of Cembran pine (Pinus cembra L.) in subalpine habitats of the
Central Alps. Anselm Kratochwill and Angelika Schwabe.
A review of research on Pinus cembra in Austria, with special reference
to the conservation of genetic resources. Berthold Heinze1 & Kurt Holzer
Thousand of years ago in Italy, before the introduction of wheat from the Middle East, acorns were an important human food crop all over Europe and continued to be eaten in places until the last century in Sardinia.
Granivores feed on the seeds of woody plants as an exclusive food source. Such granivores are found in many families of vertebrates, especially mammals (rodents) and birds as well as invertebrates mainly insects (ants and beetles).
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