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.
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| Part of the tree carrying leaves or needles from the start of the crown (first green branch without taking epicormic shoots into account) to the top of the tree (topmost shoot). [D] Baumkrone Benadelter bzw. belaubter Teil des Baumes zwischen Kronenansatz (erster grüner Ast, ohne Berücksichtigung der Klebäste) und Baumwipfel (oberster Trieb des Baumes). [F] houppier Partie de l'arbre couverte d'aiguilles ou de feuilles, allant de la première branche verte (branches gourmandes non comprises) à la cime (pousse terminale de l'arbre).ge [I] chioma dell'albero Porzione fogliata degli alberi compresa tra la base della chioma (primo ramo vivo esclusi i rami epicormici) ed il cimale (getto più alto dell'albero). |
- 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.
