log inNFI glossary and dictionary
On this page you find the translations of woody species and of terms as well as their explanations (marked with yellow background), which were used in the NFI.
 basal area |
| Cross-sectional area of a tree at a height of 1.3 m (DBH) as well as the sum of the cross-sectional areas of all trees of a stand. [D] Basalfläche (Grundfläche) Stammquerschnittsfläche eines Baumes in 1.3 m Höhe (BHD-Messstelle) bzw. Summe der Stammquerschnittsflächen aller Bäume eines Bestandes [F] surface terrière Surface de la section transversale d'un arbre à 1.3 m de hauteur (emplacement de la mesure du DHP), resp. total des sections transversales de tous les arbres d'un peuplement. [I] area basimetrica Area della sezione trasversale di un albero misurata a 1.3 m di altezza da terra (DPU), rispettivamente somma delle sezioni trasversali di tutti gli alberi di un popolamento. |
- 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). Since 2007 Arbeitsgruppe Waldplanung und -management
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). The notations and abbreviations were taken from IPNI - The international Plant Names Index.
