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During the floods in August 2005 in Switzerland, many villages encounter problems not only because of a high water flow, but also because of large amounts of driftwood. Therefore the question of the origin and the formation of the driftwood arised. |
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The mission of LWF is to improve our understanding of how natural and anthropogenic stresses affect forests in the long term, and which risks for humans are involved. Consequently, we need to gain a more profound knowledge of the cause-effect relationships in the forest ecosystem and the underlying processes. |
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WSL produces numerous documents in various languages. Especially in multi-authored documents, terminological harmonisation about the terms to be used and about their definitions needs to be sought. The overall aim of this clearing-house is to become a leading resource in forest terminology. Available languages: English |
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Since 1996 the main bibliographic resource in tree-ring research worldwide, collected by Dr. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer (Arizona USA), is published online. At WSL, data content of this bibliography was updated and enriched, a user-friendly search was developed and a pay photocopy service has been set up. |