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.
 biocoenosis |
| Community of plants and animals, which live and reproduce permanently in a certain habitat (biotope) because they have similar environmental needs and are unilaterally or mutually dependent (according to LdF). [D] Biozönose Lebensgemeinschaft aus Pflanzen und Tieren, die sich infolge ähnlicher Umweltansprüche und einseitiger oder gegenseitiger Abhängigkeiten in einem bestimmten Lebensraum (Biotop) dauerhaft hält und vermehrt (nach LdF). [F] biocénose Communauté de plantes et d'animaux qui vit durablement et se reproduit dans un habitat donné (biotope), en raison d'exigences environnementales et de dépendances unilatérales ou réciproques (LdF). [I] biocenosi Comunità vivente composta da vegetali e animali che, a causa dei loro rapporti di dipendenza o di interdipendenza o in funzione di esigenze ecologiche simili, si insediano stabilmente e si moltiplicano in un determinato ambiente vitale (biotopo). (LdF) |
- 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.
