Dictionary/Glossary

German-French-Italian-English dictionary of plant names and technical terms used in the NFI.

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repeat survey

(Swiss) Plateau

(tree) species composition

accessible forest without shrub forest

accessible forest without shrub forest NFI3/NFI4

acidity (soil acidity)

age, dominant (agedom)

allowable cut

Alps

altitudinal vegetation zone

altitudinal zone

ancient tree

area , wooded (woodland)

area suitable for forest

attribute, categorical

attribute, derived

attribute, metrical

attribute, surveyed

avalanche protection forest

biotope value of a forest stand

boundary of forest edge

branch brushwood

branch wood

broadleaved (forest) area

broadleaved (forest) community

browsing intensity, critical

callipering threshold

change in forest area

change in growing stock

change in number of stems

chestnut

citizens' community

classification variable

coniferous forest area

coniferous forest community

coppice with standards

corporation (ownership category)

damage (to the forest)

damage (to trees)

damage (to young trees)

damage caused by pasturing

degree of mixture (aerial photo)

degree of mixture (terrestrial)

degree of regeneration cover

density of forest edge

development stage

diameter at 7m height (d7)

diameter at breast height (dbh)

diameter class

diversity, biological

dominant diameter at breast height (dbhdom)

dominant height (hdom)

ecotone value of the forest edge

embankment (artificial) / slope (natural)

environmental monitoring

environmental policies

epicormic shoot

erosion

error, statistical

evaluation (data analyses)

evaluation area

exotic (tree) species

forest / nonforest decision

Forest Act

forest aisle

forest area

forest area, inaccessible

forest area, managed

forest area, pastured

forest area, permanently unstocked

forest area, temporarily unstocked

Forest Europe criterion

forest management plan

forest management, sustainable

forest owner

forest pasturing

forest planning

Forest Police Law (FPolL)

forest transport infrastructure

forest type

forest use

forest with pasturing

Geographic Information System (GIS)

giant

gross increment

ground vegetation

groundwater protection zone

group selection system

growing area

growing stock

growing stock per hectare

high forest, non-uniform

high forest, selection-type

high forest, uniform

higher altitude zone

hillslope debris flow

Line Intersect Sampling (LIS)

management, sustainable

map survey

maple (main tree species)

mean diameter

mean-tree

means of extraction

measure, silvicultural

mediumwood

merchantable branch wood

merchantable stemwood

merchantable timber harvested

merchantable wood

middle layer

minimum width (for forest definition)

mountain selection forest

moving average

municipality

National Forest Inventory

national inventory

natural characteristics

natural forest

natural hazards

natural regeneration (result)

Naturalness of the proportion of conifers

nature conservation

nature conservation function

NFI2 protection forest (protection against natural hazards)

NFI3 protection forest (protection against natural hazards)

non-forest area

non-wood products

normal forest model

number of deadwood stems

number of species

number of stems

number of stems (young trees)

oak (main tree species)

organization (type of ownership)

privately owned forest

production region

proportion of conifers

protection forest

protection forest NFI4 (protection forest against natural hazards)

protection forest region

protective effect (against natural hazards)

protective function

pure stand

pure stand, broadleaved

pure stand, conifer

recreation

recreation facility

recreational function

recreational use

reference stand

regeneration (activity)

regeneration (result)

regeneration activity

regeneration stand (stand relevant for regeneration)

regeneration under shelterwood

regeneration, artificial

regeneration, natural (process)

sample plot inventory

sample plot, permanent

sampling error

Sanasilva Inventory

sanitary felling (process)

sanitary fellings (yield)

silvicultural project

silvicultural treatment

silviculture

single ownership

single-tree selection (selection felling)

single-tree selection forest

skidder with articulated steering

socio-economic function

species, introduced, invasive

species, invasive

spruce (main species)

stand density index (SDI)

stocking, permanently open

structural diversity (forest edge)

structural diversity (forest stand)

structure of forest edge

stump

surroundings of forest edge

sustainability (forestry)

Swiss Forest Statistics

thinning for conversion

thinning of continuous cover forest

thinning of mountain forest

timber (stage of stand development)

timber consumption

timber production

timber production function

timber volume, merchantable

timber-harvesting costs

total mean increment (TMI)

total number of stems

tree species, dominant

tree species, introduced

type of woodland fragment

upper layer

use (forest use)

use of forest resources

use, agroforestry

validation

vegetation, potential natural

waste disposal site / landfill

wood-harvesting costs, potential

wood-harvesting technique

woody species diversity (forest edge)

woody species diversity (forest stand)

young forest treatment

young growth/ thicket

young plantation

young tree

regeneration, natural (process)

Forest regeneration through natural seeding or vegetative reproduction.

Verjüngung, natürliche

Walderneuerung durch natürliche Ansamung oder vegetative Vermehrung.

régénération naturelle (processus)

Renouvellement de la forêt par ensemencement naturel ou multiplication végétative.

rinnovazione naturale

Rinnovazione che avviene per via naturale, per disseminazione o per moltiplicazione vegetativa.