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.
protective effect
Ability of a stocking to prevent the development of single or several natural hazards or to limit their impact, cf. forest effect.- [de] Schutzwirkung
Fähigkeit einer Bestockung, die Entstehung einzelner oder mehrerer Naturgefahren zu verhindern oder deren Wirkung zu vermindern, siehe auch Waldwirkung. - [fr] effet protecteur
Capacité d'un boisement d'empêcher la formation d'un ou de plusieurs dangers naturels ou d'en atténuer les impacts, voir aussi effets de la forêt. - [it] effetto protettivo
Capacità di un soprassuolo di impedire il verificarsi di uno o più pericoli naturali oppure di limitare le loro conseguenze. Vedi anche effetti del bosco.
- 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.