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.
 age class |
| Classification of all even-aged stands of a production or administrative unit into classes of 10 or 20 years, which will serve as the basis to check for sustainability in (schlagweise) high forests. [D] Altersklasse Zusammenfassung aller gleichaltrigen Bestände einer Produktions- oder Verwaltungseinheit zu Klassen von 10 oder 20 Jahren als Grundlage für die forstliche Nachhaltigkeitskontrolle in schlagweisen Hochwäldern. [F] classe d'âge Regroupement de tous les peuplements d'âges semblables d'une unité de production ou de gestion en classes de 10 ou 20 ans, comme base pour le contrôle du rendement soutenu dans les futaies traitées par coupes. [I] classe di età Raggruppamento in classi di 10 o 20 anni di tutti i popolamenti della stessa età di un'unità amministrativa o di produzione. Normalmente utilizzate come base per il controllo della continuità forestale nelle fustaie regolari. |
- 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.
