Dictionary/Glossary

German-French-Italian-English dictionary of plant names and technical terms used in the NFI. Definitions are given for the terms highlighted in yellow.

• forest composition

  Quantitative description of the forest condition in terms of: stem count, volume, tree species, stand structure, stage of stand development, crown closure, etc.
• [de] Waldaufbau
  Quantitative Beschreibung des Waldzustandes in bezug auf Stammzahl, Vorrat, Baumarten, Bestandesstruktur, Entwicklungsstufen, Schlussgrad usw.
• [fr] constitution de la forêt
  Description quantitative de l'état de la forêt, selon le nombre de tiges, le volume, les essences, la structure du peuplement, le stade de développement, le degré de fermeture, etc.
• [it] costituzione del bosco (struttura del bosco)
  Descrizione quantitativa dello stato del bosco in relazione a numero di alberi, provvigione, specie arboree, struttura del popolamento, stadio di sviluppo, grado di chiusura, ecc.

• Recommended form of citation:
  Brändli, U.-B.; Speich, S., 2007: Swiss NFI glossary and dictionary. [Published online 27.06.2007]. Available from World Wide Web <http://www.lfi.ch/glossar/glossar-en.php>. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
• The German definition of the scientific terms was done with the help of the following lexica and terminologies:
  LdF = Lexikon der Forstbotanik (Schütt et al. 1991)
  SSI = Sanasilva-Inventur WSL. Terminologie im Sanasilva-Bericht 1997 (Brang und Kaennel Dobbertin 1997)
  SAFE = Forsteinrichtungsbegriffe. Schweizerischer Arbeitskreis für Forsteinrichtung (1986).
  TFW = Terminologie Forsteinrichtung/Waldinventur (Bick et al. 1994)
  WBö = Wörterbücher der Biologie. Ökologie (Schäfer und Tischler 1983)
  WT = Waldbauliche Terminologie (Brünig und Mayer 1980)
  Anl. LFI = Anleitung für die Feldaufnahmen der Erhebung 1993-1995 (Stierlin et al. 1994)
• The German, French and Italien plant names were taken mainly from the book Die häufigsten Waldbäume der Schweiz or from the Flora Helvetica
• The English plant names were taken form the internet (swiss web flora, PLANTS Database and Dictionary of Common Names by plantpress.com). The notations and abbreviations were taken from IPNI - The international Plant Names Index.