Dictionary/glossary

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.

• model

  Image of reality reduced to what is considered as essential. In the NFI, models describe the relationship between measured and derived attributes (e.g. volume function, protection forest model) or the change over time of these attributes, in the form of mathematical formula or logic operations (e.g. increment).
• [de] Modell
  Auf die als wesentlich erachteten Wesenszüge reduziertes Abbild der Wirklichkeit. Im LFI als mathematische Formel oder logische Verknüpfung beschriebener Zusammenhang zwischen erhobenen und abgeleiteten Merkmalen (z. B. Volumenfunktion, Schutzwaldmodell) oder der Veränderung derselben (z. B. Zuwachs).
• [fr] modèle
  Image de la réalité réduite aux composantes jugées essentielles. Dans l'IFN, lien décrit par une formule mathématique ou une liaison logique entre les critères relevés et déduits (p. ex. fonction de volume, modèle de forêts protectrices) ou l'évolution de ces critères (p. ex. accroissement).
• [it] modello
  Rappresentazione della realtà semplificata e limitata ai caratteri ritenuti essenziali. Nell'IFN è intesa come formula matematica o relazione logica tra le caratteristiche rilevate e quelle derivate (es. funzioni volumetriche, modello di bosco di protezione) oppure la loro variazione (es. incremento).

• 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).
  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 by plantpress.com). The notations and abbreviations were taken from IPNI - The international Plant Names Index.