Category
page 1Forest modelling
diameter at breast height
standard method of expressing the diameter of the trunk or bole of a standing tree
stand
forest area of distinct characteristics (e.g. species composition, habitat type, age, height)
leaf area index
dimensionless quantity that characterizes plant canopies
relascope
thumb|250 px|A relascope (Spiegelrelaskop)
forest inventory
systematic collection of information about a forested area for assessment or analysis
increment borer
hand tool to extract wood tissue section from a living tree for analysis

basal area
The cross-sectional area of tree stems usually reported as the sum of all trees within a stand on a relative area basis
site index
relative measure of the productive potential of a forest site expressed by expected total height at a given base age
bearing compass
nautical instrument